 ... of putting his seal upon the lips of the curious impertinent, the English gentleman thought proper to reprove the Hibernian, if not with delicacy, at least with poetical justice : he concluded writing his letter in these words : " I would say more,...  The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith - Pągina 58per Sydney Smith - 1844Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Maria Edgeworth - 1803 - 322 pągines
...writing his letter in these words : " I would say more, but a damned tall Irishman is reading over my shoulder every word I write." " You lie, you scoundrel," said the self-convicted Hibernian. This blunder is unquestionably excellent ; but it is not originally irish : it comes with other riches... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1824 - 402 pągines
...writing his letter in these words: " I would say more, but a damned tall Irishman is reading over my shoulder every word, I write." " You lie, you scoundrel," said the self-convicted Hibernian. This blunder is unquestionably excellent; but it is not originally Irish : it cornes with other riches... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 370 pągines
...writing his letter in these words : " I would say more, but a damned tall Irishman is reading over my shoulder every word I write." " You lie, you scoundrel !" said the self-convicted Hibernian. This blunder is unquestionably excellent ; but it is not originally Irish : it comes, with other riches,... | |
 | Maria [collections] Edgeworth - 1825 - 370 pągines
...writing his letter in these words: " I would say more, but a damned tall Irishman is reading over my shoulder every word I write." " You lie, you scoundrel!" said the self-convicted Hibernian. This blunder is unquestionably excellent; but it is not originally Irish: it comes, with other riches,... | |
 | 1827 - 326 pągines
...letter in these words : ' I would say more, but a damned tall Irishman is reading over my sboulder every word I write.' ' You lie, you scoundrel,' said the self-convicted Hibernian. BEHIND THE CURTAIN. The difficulties which dramatic authors are doomed to encounter have been often... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1832 - 344 pągines
...writing his letter in these words : " I would say more, but a damned tall Irishman is reading over my shoulder every word I write." " You lie, you scoundrel !" said the self-convicted Hibernian. This blunder is unquestionably excellent ; but it is not originally Irish : it comes, with other riches,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1832 - 354 pągines
...writing his letter in these words : " I would say more, but a damned tall Irishman is reading over my shoulder every word I write." " You lie, you scoundrel ! " said the self-convicted Hibernian. This blunder is unquestionably excellent ; but it is not originally Irish : it comes, with other riches,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1835 - 450 pągines
...writing his letter in these words : — " 1 would say more, but ad — d tall Irishman is reading over my shoulder every word I write." " You lie, you scoundrel !" said the self-convicted Hibernian. This blunder is unquestionably excellent ; but it is not originally Irish : it comes, with other riches,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1840 - 454 pągines
...writing his letter in these words : — " 1 would say more, but a d— d tall Irishman is reading over my shoulder every word I write." " You lie, you scoundrel !" said the self-convicted Hi* bernian. This blunder is unquestionably excellent ; but it is not originally Irish : it comes,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 348 pągines
...writing his letter in these words : " I would say more, but a damned tall Irishman is reading over my shoulder every word I write." ' " You lie, you scoundrel,"...Hibernian.' — (p. 29.) The pleasure derived from the ńrst of these stories, proceeds from the discovery of the relation that subsists between the object... | |
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