Drunkenness Quote by Jonathan Swift

“He stood up and took off the dressing gown, the skullcap, the slippers. He took off the linen trousers and shirt. He took off…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“What a misunderstanding” said Cincinnatus and suddenly burst out laughing. He stood up and took off the dressing gown, the skullcap, the slippers. He…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“There his tormentors yanked him from the ox’s belly, then reached in to pluck out the beast’s entrails, which they used to whip him…

— Thomas B. Allen

“And then—oh, his kingdom for a pair of field glasses. The earl dropped the ax long enough to strip down to his shirtsleeves. That…

— Cat Sebastian

“Sacharissa saw a movement. Boddony had pulled his axe out from under the bench. It was a traditional dwarf axe. One side was a…

— Terry Pratchett

“Erra’s gaze swept the crowd, taking in the archers, the Biohazard, the vans, the equipment, the audience up in the ruins nearby . .…

— Ilona Andrews

He that is gone so far as to cut the claws of the lion, will not feel himself quite secure, until he has also…

— Charles Caleb Colton

“I say, did you hear me?" The old man shook a worn walking stick at the oak. "I said move it and I meant…

— Anonymous

Aragorn threw back his cloak. The elven-sheath glittered as he grasped it, and the bright blade of Andúril shone like a sudden flame as…

— Anonymous

“In the days of the Roman Colosseum, captured soldiers were regularly thrown to the lions. But one soldier earned a reputation for bravery and…

— Arthur H. Bell

“The way the Rider flourished his sword afterward- spinning it in a quick circle by his side- suddenly seemed familiar to Eragon, as did…

— Christopher Paolini