He was very Perlite to me, and said he hoped the President and me would look at the subjeck favorably.
"Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia"
Seba Smith
He hadn't hardly spoken to me sence I blowed him for alterin the Kernel's Constitushinal Teliskope, but this mornin he was as Perlite an as clever as he could be.
"Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia"
Seba Smith
"And now I takes the rounds," said he; "it's more to my mind nor mimming in the shop and being Perlite to ladies."
"The Literary Sense"
E. Nesbit