columenque

Updated: May 15, 2025

The Colonel, like other men, had his weakness, if weakness it can be called: he believed that the House of Vipont was not merely the Corinthian capital, but the embattled keep not merely the /dulce decus/, but the /praesidium columenque rerum/ of the British monarchy.

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - What Will He Do with It? — Volume 05