Hints on the Nature and Management of DunsT.C. Newby, 1845 - 158 էջ |
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... fact . " Again : the faculty of invention is considered one of the noblest attributes of man ; and how brilliantly does this glorious fa- culty shine forth in him ! What are the wildest legends of Germany - what are the most glowing ...
... fact . " Again : the faculty of invention is considered one of the noblest attributes of man ; and how brilliantly does this glorious fa- culty shine forth in him ! What are the wildest legends of Germany - what are the most glowing ...
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... of Captain , of the -th ? Not doubting that his knowledge of the fact will give you considerable éclat in his eyes - the Captain being a most fashionable man - you say , with a tone of pardonable MANAGEMENT OF DUNS . 41.
... of Captain , of the -th ? Not doubting that his knowledge of the fact will give you considerable éclat in his eyes - the Captain being a most fashionable man - you say , with a tone of pardonable MANAGEMENT OF DUNS . 41.
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... fact is , Mr. Tomkins , that as your ac- count has now stood for so long , I feel ex- tremely anxious to settle it ; but I am really so hard pressed for money just now , that it would be present . very inconvenient for me to do 54 HINTS ...
... fact is , Mr. Tomkins , that as your ac- count has now stood for so long , I feel ex- tremely anxious to settle it ; but I am really so hard pressed for money just now , that it would be present . very inconvenient for me to do 54 HINTS ...
Էջ 71
... fact , be compared to an un- pleasant boil - painful , I will grant , but still con- fined to one part of the system , and which may be healed or diminished by poultices and fo- mentations ; but the little Dun is like the wor- rying ...
... fact , be compared to an un- pleasant boil - painful , I will grant , but still con- fined to one part of the system , and which may be healed or diminished by poultices and fo- mentations ; but the little Dun is like the wor- rying ...
Էջ 83
... fact , which to a scientific mind and one well versed in matters of natural history , may not be without interest , as establishing a case of curious similarity between the human and the brute creation . It is well - known to game ...
... fact , which to a scientific mind and one well versed in matters of natural history , may not be without interest , as establishing a case of curious similarity between the human and the brute creation . It is well - known to game ...
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.