"Stodginess" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Buttle with searching eyes. She was wondering if any practical ability concealed itself behind his dullness. If she gave him work, could he do it? If she gave the whole village work, was it too far gone in its unspurred stodginess to be roused to ...
— The Shuttle • Frances Hodgson Burnett
... old to stodginess inclined, Now sparkles with consistent coruscation, Attaining heights of mirth and wit combined Unknown to any previous generation, But always exquisitely pure, refined And spiritual, as befits the nation ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 152, January 24, 1917 • Various |
