Quotes About Rake

that rake through the entrails of many an old good author, with a violation worse than any could be offered to his tomb.

When he strays from straddling the mane of weeds, brambles rake his painted sides.

A rake, at the time, was a very specific kind of man: an elite sexual predator.

Lord Carradice managed to look wicked, smug, and saintly, all at the same time.

Lucy, why don't you go to the folly and see if perhaps there is a rake we might use to retrieve the bonnet," Charlotte suggested. She could not help but smirk at her own wit. Lucy would think the rake would refer to a garden implement, when actually Charlotte meant James.

Running from the presence of God has the futility of "trying to shovel smoke with a rake".