Fools and Philosophers: A Gallery of Comic Figures from English LiteratureDodd, Mead & Company, 1925 - 299 pàgines |
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... TOOTS MAKES LITTLE HEADWAY LXVIII . MR . TOOTS WORSHIPS FROM A DISTANCE LXX . MR . GUPPY MAKES AN OFFER 232 236 240 SOME LADIES PAGE LXXI . HOSTESS QUICKLY REMONSTRATES 247 LXXII xi Contents.
... TOOTS MAKES LITTLE HEADWAY LXVIII . MR . TOOTS WORSHIPS FROM A DISTANCE LXX . MR . GUPPY MAKES AN OFFER 232 236 240 SOME LADIES PAGE LXXI . HOSTESS QUICKLY REMONSTRATES 247 LXXII xi Contents.
Pàgina 232
... Toots worships from a distance MR [ R. TOOTS , emancipated from the Blimber thraldom , and coming into the possession of a certain portion of his worldly wealth , " which , ” as he had been wont , during his last half - year's probation ...
... Toots worships from a distance MR [ R. TOOTS , emancipated from the Blimber thraldom , and coming into the possession of a certain portion of his worldly wealth , " which , ” as he had been wont , during his last half - year's probation ...
Pàgina 233
... Toots could hardly fail to improve apace , and under whose tuition he went to work . But however it came about , it came to pass , even while these gentlemen had the gloss of novelty upon them , that Mr. Toots felt , he didn't know how ...
... Toots could hardly fail to improve apace , and under whose tuition he went to work . But however it came about , it came to pass , even while these gentlemen had the gloss of novelty upon them , that Mr. Toots felt , he didn't know how ...
Pàgina 234
... Toots would say , with a chuckle and a blush . Susan would thank him , and say she was very well . 66 How's Diogenes going on ? " would be Mr. Toots's second interrogation . Very well indeed . Miss Florence was fonder and fonder of him ...
... Toots would say , with a chuckle and a blush . Susan would thank him , and say she was very well . 66 How's Diogenes going on ? " would be Mr. Toots's second interrogation . Very well indeed . Miss Florence was fonder and fonder of him ...
Pàgina 235
... Toots had not worked much in reference to the subject that held his feelings prisoner . But deep consideration at at length assured Mr. Toots that an important step to gain , was , the conciliation of Miss Susan Nipper , pre- paratory ...
... Toots had not worked much in reference to the subject that held his feelings prisoner . But deep consideration at at length assured Mr. Toots that an important step to gain , was , the conciliation of Miss Susan Nipper , pre- paratory ...
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Fools and Philosophers: A Gallery of Comic Figures from English Literature John Boynton Priestley Visualització completa - 1925 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
ACRES ain't answered appearance asked BEEFEATER Betsey Bless Bob Sawyer chair Convinses Copperfield cried Crummles dear dear Jane door doth drink Elphin eyes FALSTAFF father feel fellow Fledgeby Frank Churchill Gamp gentleman ghost give hand hear honest honour hope inquired J. B. PRIESTLEY Jones Jorrocks lady Lammle legs look lord Madame Mantalini Malaprop Malvolio Marchioness married Master Micawber Micawber's Miss mother Muleygrubs never Nicholas Nick Bottom Nickleby night observed Partridge Pecksniff Pickwick play pray pretty Prig PRINCE PUFF QUIN quoth my uncle replied round Sam Weller Samivel Sammy Seithenyn Serjeant Buzfuz SHAL Shandy SIR LUC Sir Lucius Skimpole smile SNEER speak sure Taliesin talk tell thank thee there's thing thou thought Todgers Toots Traddles Trim turning uncle Toby Waldengarver Weller wery Winkle wish word young
Passatges populars
Pàgina 205 - You were in the passage and yet saw nothing of what was going forward. Have you a pair of eyes, Mr. Weller ? " "Yes, I have a pair of eyes," replied Sam, "and that's just it. If they wos a pair o' patent double million magnifyin' gas microscopes of hextra power, p'raps I might be able to see through a flight o' stairs and a deal door ; but bein' only eyes you see, my wision's limited.
Pàgina 10 - tis no matter ; honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on ? how then ? Can honour set to a leg ? no : or an arm ? no : or take away the grief of a wound ? no. Honour hath no skill in surgery, then ? no. What is honour ? a word. What is in that word honour ? what is that honour ? air. A trim reckoning ! Who hath it ? he that died o
Pàgina 256 - Then, sir, she should have a supercilious knowledge in accounts; and as she grew up, I would have her instructed in geometry, that she might know something of the contagious countries. But above all, Sir Anthony, she should be mistress of orthodoxy, that she might not misspell and mispronounce words so shamefully as girls usually do; and likewise that she might reprehend the true meaning of what she is saying.
Pàgina 225 - ... that the establishment I can offer would be any other than highly desirable. My situation in life, my connections with the family of De Bourgh, and my relationship to your own, are circumstances highly in my...
Pàgina 255 - In my way hither, Mrs. Malaprop, I observed your niece's maid coming forth from a circulating library! — She had a book in each hand — they were half-bound volumes, with marble covers! — from that moment I guessed how full of duty I should see her mistress ! Mrs.
Pàgina 285 - For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne. We twa hae run about the braes, And pu'd the gowans fine ; But we've wander'd mony a weary foot Sin auld lang syne.
Pàgina 228 - Taint in poetry, is it ?" interposed his father. " No, no/' replied Sam. " Wery glad to hear it," said Mr. Weller. " Poetry's unnat'ral ; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin...
Pàgina 229 - circumscribed, that's it." '• That ain't as good a word as circumwented, Sammy," said Mr. Weller gravely. "Think not?" said Sam. " Nothin' like it," replied his father. " But don't you think it means more ? " inquired Sam. " Veil p'raps it is a more tenderer word,
Pàgina 229 - is, that there ain't no callin' names in it, — no Wenuses, nor nothin' o' that kind. Wot's the good o' callin' a young 'ooman a Wenus or a angel, Sammy?
Pàgina 81 - I care not how fast it rolls on, while such purl on the bank still is growing, and such eyes light the waves as they run. Marchioness, your health.