Hints on the Nature and Management of DunsT.C. Newby, 1845 - 158 էջ |
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... replied by the usual varied excuses . FOURTH MISERY . Persuading a little milliner , who is engaged to a " snob , " to cut the said snob for your " pro- tection , " and being seen with your fair and 22 HINTS ON THE NATURE AND.
... replied by the usual varied excuses . FOURTH MISERY . Persuading a little milliner , who is engaged to a " snob , " to cut the said snob for your " pro- tection , " and being seen with your fair and 22 HINTS ON THE NATURE AND.
Էջ 52
... excuse will not serve for more than two or three times , and therefore , as a general maxim , I repeat it always admit your Dun . Admit him at once , freely , and without hesitation ; and be sure to offer him a chair - an arm - chair ...
... excuse will not serve for more than two or three times , and therefore , as a general maxim , I repeat it always admit your Dun . Admit him at once , freely , and without hesitation ; and be sure to offer him a chair - an arm - chair ...
Էջ 53
... excuses . This is taking the bull by the horns , and I have found incalculable advantages result from such a method of pro- ceeding . Instead of finding you averse to en- tering upon the unpleasant topic , the worthy man is surprised ...
... excuses . This is taking the bull by the horns , and I have found incalculable advantages result from such a method of pro- ceeding . Instead of finding you averse to en- tering upon the unpleasant topic , the worthy man is surprised ...
Էջ 55
... excuse is always best at Christ- mas . You can thus put off Dun after Dun by telling them you have such a number of bills to settle at that time of the year , and by this means you escape without paying any , and keep your quarter's ...
... excuse is always best at Christ- mas . You can thus put off Dun after Dun by telling them you have such a number of bills to settle at that time of the year , and by this means you escape without paying any , and keep your quarter's ...
Էջ 58
... excuses above alluded to are rather more perilous , and this for a very simple reason - verbal promises , like pie - crust , are " made to be broken , " but " litera scripta manet . ” Politeness and good temper are , nevertheless , the ...
... excuses above alluded to are rather more perilous , and this for a very simple reason - verbal promises , like pie - crust , are " made to be broken , " but " litera scripta manet . ” Politeness and good temper are , nevertheless , the ...
Common terms and phrases
animal ant-lion beautiful blessed burgundy cabriolet call it merry champagne chapter cheek by jowl cholera Christmas Bills cigars coat considerable course deal chest debt delight Detri Detrimental Detrimental's dine dinner disagreeable door Dun-o-phobia Dun's elder brother eldest epicurean excuses father feel flatter gaze gentleman give glorious golden Governor heart heiress hints honour horrid wafered thing Humbug Injured JOHN BOLSTER kisses knocker ladies lips MANAGEMENT OF DUNS MANAGING YOUR DUNS Marriage Mary dear merry Christmas MISERY morganatic nephew never obedient servant paternal peculiar personage postman's knock pretty prey Primogeniture purse Queen's Bench received remittance reply rich sake shirt single knock Sleep Son's Spencer Saxe Mundham sponging-house sure surplice sweet tailor ten-pound-note thee thou throw tick tiger tion uncle unpleasant victim WAFERED LETTER weary wine-merchant woman words yon basket Young England Younger Sons
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Էջ 69 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Էջ 151 - The Desolator desolate! The Victor overthrown The arbiter of others' fate A suppliant for his own! Is it some yet imperial hope, That with such change can calmly cope? Or dread of death alone? To die a prince — or live a slave — Thy choice is most ignobly brave!
Էջ 72 - ... pouting and looking daggers, grievously offended by the absence of her lover, a parcel was brought in by a servant and delivered to the master of the house. He opened it, and to the astonishment of all, out fell a shirt ! Snatching up a little dirty scrap of paper which fell from the garment, the host read out the following exquisite morceau for the edification of the company. " Muster Wilkinson, " Sir. — Has Muster Howard,* owes me eighteen-pence, and has only got this one shirt, -which I...
Էջ 34 - ... boat, further on than his own, where he is disposed of. They are much more numerous than we are. I have not heard of more than about thirty families of Mooteeas, and the Lodahas are not much above two hundred men, but the Bongoos are very numerous, I have heard.
Էջ 72 - ... and, of course, dinnerless. In the middle of dinner at Mr. Wilkinson's that evening, while the guests were discussing the mysterious non-appearance of my hero, and the pretty Charlotte...
Էջ 114 - Because you do not believe that all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds.