I attribute the failure of the fund to the apathy or treachery of the priests, call it which you like.

There isn't a Protestant church in the country where the parsons don't preach "Give give, give" to their people Sunday after Sunday.

And what's the result?
Why, they have raised thousands of pounds.' 'After the poem you published in last week's _Croppy_,' said Hyacinth to Mary O'Dwyer, 'I made sure the subscriptions would have come in.

Your appeal was one of the most beautiful things I ever read.

It would have touched the heart of a stone.' 'Poetry is all well enough,' said Tim.