Insult/formal

Famous quotes containing the words insult and/or formal:

“However baby man may brag of his science and skill, and however much, in a flattering future, that science and skill may augment; yet for ever and for ever, to the crack of doom, the sea will insult and murder him, and pulverize the stateliest, stiffest frigate he can make.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

“On every formal visit a child ought to be of the party, by way of provision for discourse.”
—Jane Austen (1775–1817)