He might have had a share in his uncle's business by this time if he had had any common-sense;" Peter Retorting often with but a broad smile and that little gulp of satisfaction-something between a chuckle and a sigh-which always escaped him when some one of his proteges were living up to his pet theories.
"Peter A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero"
F. Hopkinson Smith
The debate concluded with a sharp and undignified interchange of personalities between the Missouri and Kentucky senators, Clay giving Benton the lie direct, and the latter Retorting in kind.
"Thomas Hart Benton"
Theodore Roosevelt
At last it occurred to me to benefit by an anecdote of a something similar arrangement, of capturing, not a young lady, but a fortified town, by Retorting Jack's proposition.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)