well-shriveled-up

Updated: May 2, 2025

The scholar may read it for his own pleasure and profit, or he may translate it for the pleasure and profit of others. At all events, it will be there, like a fly in amber, good for all time. All you have to do is to melt your amber, and there you have your fly." "And a well-shriveled-up fly it would be, I am afraid," said Ida. Mr. Tippengray laughed. "Be not too sure of that," he said.

Frank Richard Stockton - The Squirrel Inn