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"Quotable: "I cannot believe that they have more regard for their dress than for their person." Believe it!" — Apr 18, 2026 08:18AM
"Quotable: "I cannot believe that they have more regard for their dress than for their person." Believe it!" — Apr 18, 2026 08:18AM
I call it the paranoid style simply because no other word adequately evokes the qualities of heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and conspiratorial fantasy that I have in mind.
“Gladstone .. spent his declining years trying to guess the answer to the Irish Question; unfortunately, whenever he was getting warm, the Irish secretly changed the Question, ...”
― 1066 and all that: A memorable history of England
― 1066 and all that: A memorable history of England
“N.B. – Do not on any account attempt to write on both sides of the paper at once.”
― 1066 and all that: A memorable history of England
― 1066 and all that: A memorable history of England
“The Scots (originally Irish, but by now Scotch) were at this time inhabiting Ireland, having driven the Irish (Picts) out of Scotland; while the Picts (originally Scots) were now Irish (living in brackets) and vice versa. It is essential to keep these distinctions clearly in mind (and verce visa).”
― 1066 and all that: A memorable history of England
― 1066 and all that: A memorable history of England
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