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* Trollope gets [[LemonyNarrator snarky]] when describing Sir Timothy's style of oratory: "...he invented a pseudo-patriotic conjuring phraseology which no one understood but which many admired".

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* Trollope gets [[LemonyNarrator snarky]] when describing Sir Timothy's style of oratory: "...he invented a pseudo-patriotic conjuring phraseology which no one understood but which many admired". Later he adds, "Sir Timothy was a fluent speaker, and when there was nothing to be said was possessed of great plenty of words."
* Dolly proposes to Isabel. She tries to refuse him. Since this is [[UpperClassTwit Dolly Longstaff]] we're talking about, "tries" is the operative word. It takes more than a full page of very silly arguing before she finally convinces him she means no!
--> '''Isabel:''' Mr. Longstaff, you must forgive me if I say that of all the gentlemen I have ever met in this country or in any other you are the most obtuse.
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!!''The Duke's Children''
* Trollope gets [[LemonyNarrator snarky]] when describing Sir Timothy's style of oratory: "...he invented a pseudo-patriotic conjuring phraseology which no one understood but which many admired".
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