Hints on the Nature and Management of DunsT.C. Newby, 1845 - 158 էջ |
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... " young- er sons " of Old England- because the subject of which these pages profess to treat , is one in which you , of all men , must feel the greatest interest . B 66 To you , then , melancholy victims of “ DEDICATION. ...
... " young- er sons " of Old England- because the subject of which these pages profess to treat , is one in which you , of all men , must feel the greatest interest . B 66 To you , then , melancholy victims of “ DEDICATION. ...
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... interest , and being arrested with the money in your pocket , at the suit of your wine - merchant , for £ 90 odd . Of course , you pay the claret man with the tailor's loan ; such , however , not having been in the slightest degree your ...
... interest , and being arrested with the money in your pocket , at the suit of your wine - merchant , for £ 90 odd . Of course , you pay the claret man with the tailor's loan ; such , however , not having been in the slightest degree your ...
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... I must break off this chapter and have recourse to a Cabana . The Detrimental may perchance find a little interest in the following doggrel : - THE SINGLE KNOCK . THAT single knock ! that single 62 HINTS ON THE NATURE AND.
... I must break off this chapter and have recourse to a Cabana . The Detrimental may perchance find a little interest in the following doggrel : - THE SINGLE KNOCK . THAT single knock ! that single 62 HINTS ON THE NATURE AND.
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... interest , oh , Detri- mental , to manage the obnoxious creature with whom you have to deal - or rather with whom you have dealt - in such a way as to render his sting the least painful and penetrating . It is an old saying , that " we ...
... interest , oh , Detri- mental , to manage the obnoxious creature with whom you have to deal - or rather with whom you have dealt - in such a way as to render his sting the least painful and penetrating . It is an old saying , that " we ...
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... interest , as establishing a case of curious similarity between the human and the brute creation . It is well - known to game- keepers and fanciers of the canine species , that dogs are subject to the attack of a nasty little ...
... interest , as establishing a case of curious similarity between the human and the brute creation . It is well - known to game- keepers and fanciers of the canine species , that dogs are subject to the attack of a nasty little ...
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.