“Cathy, this lamb of yours threatens like a bull!”

he said. "It is in danger of splitting its skull against my knuckles. By God, Mr. Linton, I'm mortally sorry that you are not worth knocking down!"
Heathcliff (Ch. XI).
Wuthering Heights (1847)

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English novelist and poet 1818–1848

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