"Whipping post" Quotes from Famous Books
... their progress was really very great, and most satisfactory, as Mr. Nixon, Charles's guardian, who had examined him, had reported most favourably thereon. But he appears to be insignificant, and undersized, thin as a whipping post, pale, and somewhat sickly-looking, he appears much younger than he is, and seems hardly fitted for what you and I would ... — The Romance of Lust - A classic Victorian erotic novel • Anonymous |