Castle Baynard, Or, The Days of John

Portada
Whittaker, 1824 - 286 pàgines
 

Pàgines seleccionades

Continguts

Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot

Frases i termes més freqüents

Passatges populars

Pàgina 115 - The art that baffles Time's tyrannic claim To quench it !) here shines on me still the same. Faithful remembrancer of one so dear, O welcome guest, though unexpected here ! Who...
Pàgina 4 - Then, Walter, thou think'st I may take her to wife ?" " Why how long hast thou run alone ?" " Mother says I used to twaddle in the eleventh month, and I was twenty last Lammas-day.
Pàgina 4 - And, besides, she thinks it will fix my wandering disposition." " Doubtless, Gilbert, for thy wife will make thee keep the house as well as herself. Is she industrious ?" , " Oh, very!" said Gilbert, counting upon his fingers. " She makes the best black-puddings I ever tasted, and butter, cheese, and preserves, and works well at her needle, and " " Enough, enough! That last qualification is worth all the blood in the black-puddings, the cream in the butter, the milk in the cheese, and the sugar...
Pàgina 3 - But" and here he endeavoured to speak in a more serious tone,—" brace tight the drum of thine ear, for I will catechise thee; now answer me: why dost thou marry?"
Pàgina 2 - Gilbert!" quoth Walter, putting his hand upon his companion's shoulder, and looking most comically serious—" those days of liberty are on the wane; thou'rt about to quit the company of bachelors, and Alas! who would have thought thou wouldst have been hanged!
Pàgina 4 - But, mother says, marriage will change me." " Marry, then, for thou art sure to be a gainer!" " And, besides, she thinks it will fix my wandering disposition." " Doubtless, Gilbert, for thy wife will make thee keep the house as well as herself. Is she industrious ?" , " Oh, very!" said Gilbert, counting upon his fingers. " She makes the best black-puddings I ever tasted, and butter, cheese, and preserves, and works well at her needle, and " " Enough, enough! That last qualification is worth all the...

Informació bibliogràfica