Hints on the Nature and Management of DunsT.C. Newby, 1845 - 158 էջ |
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... paid for . Fathers , I must affirm , are uncon- scionable beings . There are indeed some respectable progenitors , who are never weary of paying - whose ears are always open to the Detrimental's distress , and their pockets to the ...
... paid for . Fathers , I must affirm , are uncon- scionable beings . There are indeed some respectable progenitors , who are never weary of paying - whose ears are always open to the Detrimental's distress , and their pockets to the ...
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... paid . And shall I give the preference to And only pay thy claim , While all the rest don't get a rap ? — Fie , Injured One , for shame ! Perhaps , if thou would'st let me add Unto that bill's amount , It might induce me now to pay A ...
... paid . And shall I give the preference to And only pay thy claim , While all the rest don't get a rap ? — Fie , Injured One , for shame ! Perhaps , if thou would'st let me add Unto that bill's amount , It might induce me now to pay A ...
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... paid to me , I shall commence legal proceedings against you for the amount . " Your obedient servant , " Ely Place , Holborn . " " HENRY FLEECE'EM . To the second answer - after the expiration of a MANAGEMENT OF DUNS . 35.
... paid to me , I shall commence legal proceedings against you for the amount . " Your obedient servant , " Ely Place , Holborn . " " HENRY FLEECE'EM . To the second answer - after the expiration of a MANAGEMENT OF DUNS . 35.
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... paid his debts three times , and , as he is now five - and - twenty , you must look to him for your money . With regard to any ' further credit , ' you must use your own discretion ; all I can tell you is , that he is an extravagant ...
... paid his debts three times , and , as he is now five - and - twenty , you must look to him for your money . With regard to any ' further credit , ' you must use your own discretion ; all I can tell you is , that he is an extravagant ...
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... paid for the last . Your friends arrive , and very considerably " astonished " they are - at getting nothing to eat . TWELFTH MISERY . Being asked by Stultz , on your first ap- pearance in his " establishment , " whether you are any ...
... paid for the last . Your friends arrive , and very considerably " astonished " they are - at getting nothing to eat . TWELFTH MISERY . Being asked by Stultz , on your first ap- pearance in his " establishment , " whether you are any ...
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.