There is that lady with her two big mustachioed sons, who with great foresight, had cautioned me against any flirtation with them, and after all was much offended when I followed her advice and turned my back on them; and above all the poor little chronicler of scandal, who can now only come out by means of an arm-chair, but still has strength enough left to rejoice over the weaknesses of her fellow creatures.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse
We gather from the quaint words of an old chronicler a probable solution of the familiar phrase, "To cook one's goose."
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews
It is pleasant to leave the busy streets of the great metropolis and repair to the quiet sanctuary where rests the old chronicler, and look upon his quaint monument, and reflect on ages long passed.
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews