"Euphuism" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... you should know it. You have always been a most kind friend to me, and I daresay I should have told you myself, but I did not want it named; if you please, it must still be a secret. In fact, it is hardly an engagement—he' (she blushed and sparkled a little at the euphuism, which implied that there was but one 'he' present in her thoughts at the moment) 'would not allow me to bind myself by ...
— Wives and Daughters • Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell |
