Hints on the Nature and Management of DunsT.C. Newby, 1845 - 158 էջ |
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... perhaps the knave , of the family , an opulent Dives , and the lord of countless acres , while talent and virtue in the junior branches must starve on an ensigncy or a village curacy , for Heaven's sake , let the 66 elder Dives , and ...
... perhaps the knave , of the family , an opulent Dives , and the lord of countless acres , while talent and virtue in the junior branches must starve on an ensigncy or a village curacy , for Heaven's sake , let the 66 elder Dives , and ...
Էջ vi
... shoes and his father's acres , while the Younger will perhaps find it a hard matter to pay for the boots he wears , or the garret which he rents . The Eldest Son , with scarcely the trouble of asking , will find Beauty and vi DEDICATION .
... shoes and his father's acres , while the Younger will perhaps find it a hard matter to pay for the boots he wears , or the garret which he rents . The Eldest Son , with scarcely the trouble of asking , will find Beauty and vi DEDICATION .
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... Perhaps this strife may be continued even after death , and one of the punishments of Tartarus may be a never - ending chase of THE DUN AFTER THE YOUNGER SON ; a chase in which the former will be agonized by the fear of not catching ...
... Perhaps this strife may be continued even after death , and one of the punishments of Tartarus may be a never - ending chase of THE DUN AFTER THE YOUNGER SON ; a chase in which the former will be agonized by the fear of not catching ...
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... ? — 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 little " on account . " But , no ! I see thee shake thy head 28 HINTS ON THE NATURE AND.
... ? — 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 little " on account . " But , no ! I see thee shake thy head 28 HINTS ON THE NATURE AND.
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... . Oh , Detrimental ! pause before you attempt to ride the high horse over your unpleasant but necessary besieger . Recollect , that after all , you do owe the man money - perhaps , a good deal ; recollect , 44 HINTS ON THE NATURE ÅND.
... . Oh , Detrimental ! pause before you attempt to ride the high horse over your unpleasant but necessary besieger . Recollect , that after all , you do owe the man money - perhaps , a good deal ; recollect , 44 HINTS ON THE NATURE ÅND.
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.