Word: emsworth
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...civilized world. Even the many who cannot stomach him have no option but to respond to the mere word Jeeves with a mental picture of a whole society; while to those who lap him up, a whole corner of mental life is occupied by such characters as Lord Emsworth, Lord ("Uncle Fred") Ickenham, Bertie Wooster, Mr. Mulliner, Psmith and that great Sheba of sows, "Empress of Blandings...
...Many a man may look respectable," says Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, himself the most respectable of cadgers, "and yet be able to hide at will behind a spiral staircase." Lord Emsworth opines: "Speak civilly to blondes, and they will speak civilly to you." And one of the deepest truths in all Wodehouse is expressed by the Oldest Member-a figure who sounds suspiciously like the author himself, now 69. "The true golfing spirit," says the Oldest Member. "That is what matters in this life...