Grandeur of sentiment calls for grandeur of language, and if Fielding occasionally betrays himself so far as to smile when he is writing panegyrically, he certainly does not intend his meaning to be upset by the operation of simple irony.

The third movie in the trilogy has been in development hell for ten years already! I want to see how the story ends!

[addressing the narrator, named Widge] I'm only going to see that he learns a lesson, said Nick innocently. Now then. Widge, is it? You know what a widge is where I come from? My throat felt too tight to speak. I shook my head. A horse. I think I'll call you Horse, although I think you look more like an ass to me. […]

openings and shuttings of doors