Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
Book I, Chapter 6.
Books, Coningsby (1844), The Young Duke (1831)
“The sidesaddle was designed to protect a maiden's virginity, while risking the maiden's neck. Rather much for rather little, I thought.”
— Sheri S. Tepper, book Beauty
Source: Beauty
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