 | Sydney Smith - 1870 - 470 pàgines
...if you -would buy a few yards of red tape, and tie up your bills and papers." This was the fault or misfortune of your excellent father ; he never knew the use of red tape, and was utterly unfit for th e common business of life.f That a guinea represented a quantity of shil* In 1801 Smith wrote to... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1870 - 842 pàgines
...rolls, said to Mr. Grattan, " You would be the greatest man ol your age, Grattan, if you would bay a few yards of red tape, and tie up your bills and papers. 1 This was the fault or misfortune of your excellent father; he never knew the use of red tap«. His... | |
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1872 - 428 pàgines
...means of such passages as the following : " Curran, the Master of the Rolls, said to Mr. Grattan, ' You would be the greatest man of your age, Grattan, if...fault, or the misfortune, of your excellent father ; Jie never B2 INTRO, knew the use of red tape, and was utterly CHAP. .11 -" 1 — • — ' unfit... | |
 | 1872 - 246 pàgines
...fitter for the steeple." USE OF BED TAPE. Curran, when Master of the Eolls, said to Mr. Grrattan, " You would be the greatest man of your age, Grattan, if...yards of red tape, and tie up your bills and papers." CUKRAN AND THE MASTIFF. Curran used to relate with infinite humor an adventure between him and a mastiff,... | |
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1873 - 424 pàgines
...means of such passages as the following : " Curran, the Master of the Rolls, said to Mr. Grattan, ' You would be the greatest man of your age, Grattan, if...the misfortune, of your excellent father ; he never B2 INTRO, knew the use of red tape, and was utterly CHAP. JJ -' J ' — • — ' unfit for the common... | |
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1873 - 428 pàgines
...means of such passages as the following : " Curran, the Master of the Rolls, said to Mr. Grattan, ' You would be the greatest man of your age, Grattan, if...the misfortune, of your excellent father ; he never INTRO, knew the use of red tape, and was utterly CHAP. J r \ ' — • unfit for the common business... | |
 | Howard Paul, John Timbs, Percy Fitzgerald - 1873 - 456 pàgines
...Athens abounded in straw-shoes. "RED TAPE." CURRAN, when Master of the Rolls, said to Mr. Grattan, " You would be the greatest man of your age, Grattan, if...tie up your bills and papers." This was the fault or misfortune of Sir James Mackintosh: he never knew the use of red tape, and was utterly unfit for the... | |
 | John Timbs - 1873 - 170 pàgines
...Athens abounded in straw-shoes. "RED TAPE." CURRAN, when Master of the Rolls, said to Mr. Grattan, " You would be the greatest man of your age, Grattan, if...tie up your bills and papers." This was the fault or misfortune of Sir James Mackintosh: he never knew the use of red tape, and was utterly unfit for the... | |
 | Joe Miller - 1873 - 220 pàgines
...tape, and tie up your bills and paper." This was the fault or misfortune of Sir James Mackintosh : he never knew the use of red tape, and was utterly...unfit for the common business of life. That a guinea represents a quantity of shillings, and that it would barter for a quantity of cloth, he was well aware;... | |
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1874 - 426 pàgines
...means of such passages as the following : " Curran, the Master of the Rolls, said to Mr. Grattan, ' You would be the greatest man of your age, Grattan, if...your bills and papers/ This was the fault, or the mis1 fortune, of your excellent father ; he never B2 INTRO, knew the ^tse of red tape, and was utterly... | |
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Curran, the Master of the Rolls, said to Mr. Grattan, ' You would be the greatest man of your age, Grattan, if you would buy a few yards of red tape, and tie up your bills and papers. 
