 | 1889 - 864 страници
...visitor from London, is an adept in the nice conduct of the clouded cane. I have [he tells his father] the fame of being the first who ever passed the straits...change my cane as the gun fires, and hope to carry them both on to Cairo. It is wonderful the effect these magical wands produce. Arrived at Malta, his... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) - 1885 - 176 страници
...fine play, and maintain my reputation of being a great judge of costume, to the admiration and envy of many subalterns. I have also the fame of being...change my cane as the gun fires, and hope to carry them both on to Cairo. It is wonderful the effect these magical wands produce. I owe to them even more... | |
 | 1885 - 850 страници
...being a great judge of costume, to the admiration and envy of many subalterns. 1 have also the tame of being the first who ever passed the Straits with two canes, a morning and an evening cane. 1 change my cane as the gun fires, and hope to carry them both on to Cairo. It is wonderful the effect... | |
 | 1885 - 528 страници
...to which he frequently refers, a warm love for home and the home circle. From Gibraltar he writes : I have also the fame of being the first who ever passed the Strait with two canes — a morning and an evening cane. I change my cane as the gun fires, and hope... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - 1887 - 272 страници
...fine play, and maintain my reputation of being a great judge of costume, to the admiration and envy of many subalterns. I have also the fame of being...change my cane as the gun fires, and hope to carry them both on to Cairo. It is wonderful the effect these magical wands produce. I owe to them even more... | |
 | 1911 - 400 страници
...Muse, and he achieved a triumph among the officers by a precision of dandyism never before attained. " I have also the fame of being the first who ever "...change my cane as the gun fires, and hope to carry them both on " to Cairo." As he approached the East he became more Eastern. In Malta he took to smoking... | |
 | 1898 - 950 страници
...discarding waistcoats in the morning reveal the beauty of his peerless studs, but, says he, "I have the fame of being the first who ever passed the Straits...change my cane as the gun fires, and hope to carry them both on to Cairo. It is wonderful the effect these magical wands produce. I owe to them even more... | |
 | Sir Henry William Lucy - 1908 - 436 страници
...from London is an adept in the nice conduct of the clouded cane. " I have," he tells his father, " the fame of being the first who ever passed the Straits...change my cane as the gun fires, and hope to carry them both on to Cairo. It is wonderful the effect these magical wands produce." Arrived at Malta, his... | |
 | Lewis Saul Benjamin - 1908 - 410 страници
...his reputation as a beau and of the admiration and envy of the subalterns, and he adds that he has also the fame of being the first who ever passed the...evening cane. " I change my cane as the gun fires," he wrote. " It is wonderful the effect these magical wands produce. I owe to them even more attention... | |
 | William Flavelle Monypenny, George Earle Buckle - 1910 - 468 страници
...fine play, and maintain my reputation of being a great judge of costume, to the admiration and envy of many subalterns. I have also the fame of being...change my cane as the gun fires, and hope to carry them both on to Cairo. It is wonderful the effect these magical wands produce. I owe to them even more... | |
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I have also the fame of being the first who ever passed the Straits with two canes, a morning and an evening cane. I change my cane as the gun fires, and hope to carry them both on to Cairo. It is wonderful the effect these magical wands produce. I owe... 
