“You will say that I was puzzled; but, if you think so, you must have misunderstood the nature of the inductions. To use a sporting phrase, I had not {kk}been once{kk} ‘at fault.’
it's a interesting way to say argue
“You will say that I was puzzled; but, if you think so, you must have misunderstood the nature of the inductions. To use a sporting phrase, I had not {kk}been once{kk} ‘at fault.’
it's a interesting way to say argue
An extraordinary burglary — attended by very singular circumstances, and perpetrated by a curious felon — occurred in this town on Monday night.
I think thta's interesting that the writer describe felon "curious".
We know of them, among other things, that they are always to their possessor, when inordinately possessed, a source of the liveliest enjoyment.
I feel troubling at first. This sentence kind of makes me feel like it's narrtive by a psychpath who has serious obsessive behaviour.