Sir, it is only a roturier whom death, or anything else, takes by surprise. |
The whiskers of a roturier, my good Lankin, grow as long as the beard of a Plantagenet. |
I have a great dislike to the thought of being revolutionised into a roturier. |
That a roturier, a plain peasant, or even a tradesman, should become the social equal of a noble was a thing unheard of. |
Few men of his stamp indulge in the weakness of railing at Fortune, which is the privilege and consolation of the roturier. |