Jerome Klapka Jerome

the less taste a person has in dress, the more obstinate he always seems to be.

jolly, light-hearted, thick-headed sort

The river affords a good opportunity for dress

with the air of early Christian martyrs trying to make themselves comfortable up against the stake

I would come and live here, and never do any more wrong, and lead a blameless, beautiful life, and have silver hair when I got old, and all that sort of thing

have to work for my living

weak-minded noodles

There is an iron "scold's bridle" in Walton Church. They used these things in ancient days for curbing women's tongues. They have given up the attempt now. I suppose iron was getting scarce, and nothing else would be strong enough

Harris is what you would call a well-made man of about number one size, and looks hard and bony

We never ought to allow our instincts of justice to degenerate into mere vindictiveness