Church bells and cannon fodder
If swords can be beaten into ploughshares, the reverse is also true, and church bells can be melted down as...
Like a bone in the throat
A vivid simile to describe the bother that mighty Austria was for Prussia. This is from a trilogy of novels...
Of striking light
A vivid image, of light striking mountains like a hatchet splitting the darkness. From the first volume of an excellent...
Late for school
A delightful simile for a late-landing spring, that of a boy running to school.  It also reminds me of another...
A falcon and a dove
Dali is the younger of Hungarian aristocratic twins, and here is an early encounter with the beautiful, elusive Russian who...
Moss-eyed rascal
You can't but help like such a maverick, something in the moss-coloured eyes, and the difference between him and the...
Change whispers
Although this isn't universally true, I liked the idea that great changes can begin with the whispers of a few...
Silver-handled flyswatter
Just what you've always wanted, I'm sure. This caught my attention, the existence of silver-handled flyswatters, particularly as it was...
The massive effects of slight coincidences
I liked this notion that centuries, as much as individuals, can be greatly affected by apparently insignificant coincidences, or even...
Lute-shaped sabretache
A fine triologism and, for me, a new word, clearly demonstrating that I don't mix in adequately aristocratic circles. A...
Mine’s bigger than yours
This is from an engaging Hungarian novel spanning the lives of a fictional Hungarian aristocratic dynasty, from the Congress of...
A sack of scrap iron
A description of a huge, lumbering imperial frame, this referring to Tsar Nicholas I who succeeded his brother Alexander.
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