After spending the 1806 social season in stultifying Bath, the lively narrator finally alights in surroundings that take her ladylike breath away -- without diminishing her pretty wit and sharp tongue.
Denis Healey, one of Wilson's cabinet stalwarts, described Nairne in his 1989 autobiography as "the perfect choice for the most difficult two years of my service as defence secretary, when I was taking my most important decisions on equipment, commitments and strategy … Unfailing courtesy and a pretty wit made him a joy to work with".
"She has a pretty sharp wit, and she doesn't hold back," Mr. Handler said.
That midfield had pretty much everything: brain, brawn, youth, experience, wit, grit, class and brass.
What passes for his wit is pretty lame: "Madam, I never make sport," he tells Kitty Clive, "I am German".
Call her one of life's more fabulous people, then, because her attitude and wit are pretty special.
Bianca, Ms Rinehart's eldest daughter, said her younger sister Hope Welker "was pretty much at her wit's end" and felt "kicked in the stomach" after the way Hancock treated her.
From the beginning, Dinklage was the first choice for the role of Tyrion, according to Benioff and the show's co-creator, Dan Weiss, who observes that Dinklage's "core of humanity, covered by a shell of sardonic dry wit, is pretty well in keeping with the character".
During our two-year ordeal, my husband received good medical care, but I, as his primary caregiver, felt depressed and pretty much at my wits end.
Although the inclusive, vaguely ecological moral message is hard to argue with, it's pretty charmless stuff, low on wit, cheaply designed and so saccharine even reception-age kids might roll their eyes.
Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) as his paramour has never looked sexier, prettier and acted with such wit.
