Hints on the Nature and Management of DunsT.C. Newby, 1845 - 158 էջ |
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... one paper was passed over , but all appeared at last stamped with those blessed letters . In my ecstasy I started from my chair ; alas ! my cigar was out , and ... SINGLE KNOCK . THAT single knock ! that single 62 HINTS ON THE NATURE AND.
... one paper was passed over , but all appeared at last stamped with those blessed letters . In my ecstasy I started from my chair ; alas ! my cigar was out , and ... SINGLE KNOCK . THAT single knock ! that single 62 HINTS ON THE NATURE AND.
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Hints. THE SINGLE KNOCK . THAT single knock ! that single knock ! Ah me , it comes once more ; My very hair is turning gray With horror of that door . I wonder which of them it is ; Oh ! would that I could run : Alas ! their name is ...
Hints. THE SINGLE KNOCK . THAT single knock ! that single knock ! Ah me , it comes once more ; My very hair is turning gray With horror of that door . I wonder which of them it is ; Oh ! would that I could run : Alas ! their name is ...
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... single knock ! that single knock ! Oh ! will it ever cease ? Why can't the fellow go away , And let me be at peace ? I cannot pay his odious bill , I am a Younger Son : I wonder which of them it is- I know it is a Dun ! That single ...
... single knock ! that single knock ! Oh ! will it ever cease ? Why can't the fellow go away , And let me be at peace ? I cannot pay his odious bill , I am a Younger Son : I wonder which of them it is- I know it is a Dun ! That single ...
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... single knock ! that single knock ! Each minute seems an age ; I thought so there it is once more— He's getting in a rage . I used to laugh at bills , but now I find it serious fun : I wonder which of them it is— I know it is a Dun ...
... single knock ! that single knock ! Each minute seems an age ; I thought so there it is once more— He's getting in a rage . I used to laugh at bills , but now I find it serious fun : I wonder which of them it is— I know it is a Dun ...
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... sound ; it was a Dun ! A couple of minutes passed , and another single knock - but , if I may so express it , in a diffe- rent key , was heard . " Rat ! Rat ! Rat ! " D ― n the knocks ! one now succeeded the 88 HINTS ON THE NATURE AND.
... sound ; it was a Dun ! A couple of minutes passed , and another single knock - but , if I may so express it , in a diffe- rent key , was heard . " Rat ! Rat ! Rat ! " D ― n the knocks ! one now succeeded the 88 HINTS ON THE NATURE AND.
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.