"Quickener" Quotes from Famous Books
... actual pulling down of the chateau, as a last resort, to get rid of the disturbance. Mere fancy is not wont to lead to such a result as that. The owner of a piece of valuable property is not likely to destroy it for imaginary cause. Interest is a marvellous quickener of the wits, and may be supposed to have left no stone unturned, before assenting to ... — The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 • Various |