Women, we might as well be dogs baying the moon as petitioners without the right to vote!
The petitioner's problem is to avoid Scylla without being drawn into Charybdis.
Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner, confessedly unworthy.
Indeed I did not stand as a beggar at the Parliament door, for I never was at the Parliament-House, nor stood I ever at the door as I do know or can remember; not as a petitioner I am sure.
In Gethsemane the holiest of all petitioners prayed three times that a certain cup might pass from Him. It did not.
I came not to your glorious shores to enjoy a happy rest - I came not to gather triumphs of personal distinction, but as a humble petitioner, in my country's name, as its freely chosen constitutional leader, to entreat your generous aid.
We can get you a throne with snakes. I’ll stand next to you and roar at anybody who fails to grovel. Fear Kate Daniels. She is a mighty and terrible ruler. Grendel can anoint the petitioners with his vomit. It’ll be great . . .
I think I've been wishing for celebrity for so long that I've got used to being someone who's petitioning the establishment for acceptance... my whole schtick, my whole identity, is so wrapped up in being a petitioner that I don't really know how to ...
