He had a certain air of being a handsome man--which he was not and a certain air of being a well-bred man--which he was not. It was mere swagger and challenge but in this particular, as in many others, blustering assertion goes for proof, half over the world. (Charles Dickens)

He had a certain air of being a handsome man--which he was not and a certain air of being a well-bred man--which he was not. It was mere swagger and challenge but in this particular, as in many others, blustering assertion goes for proof, half over the world.

Charles Dickens

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