"Stopple" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... quoth he nimbly again, 'What, must it be purled'—'No, I love it best plain.' 'Why, if you'll drink ale, sir, pray take my advice, Here's the best ale i' th' land, if you'll go to the price; Better, I sure am, ne'er blew out a stopple; But then, in plain truth, it is sixpence a bottle.' 'Why, faith,' quoth I, 'friend, if your liquor be such, For the best ale in England, it is not too much: Let's have it, and quickly.'—'o sir! you may stay; A pot in your pate is a mile in your way: Come, bring out a bottle here ...
— Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete • George Gilfillan
... teach you manners. That's a good three-halfpence Smashed into smithereens: and all for nothing. I've lammed a wench for less. I've half a mind To snap you like the stopple, you yackey-yaa! De'il rive your sark! It's long since I've had the price Of a clay in my pouch: and I'm half-dead for a puff. What's taken you? What's set you agee with me? You used to like me; and you always seemed A menseful ...
— Krindlesyke • Wilfrid Wilson Gibson |
