tradition-hedged

Updated: June 28, 2025

Dare I say NO? Dare I say that that frank, clear, honest, earnest return of the eye, which has on the Continent most unfairly brought my fair countrywomen under criticism, is quite as common to her more carefully-guarded, tradition-hedged German sisters? No, it is not that.

Bret Harte - The Twins of Table Mountain