 | University magazine - 1850 - 794 страници
...the mark ; to which lie used to assent. We would say, for instance, ' Are you not a great fuel, sir V or * Isn't your daughter a pretty girl '?' to which...far above us as if she had lived on Olympus. Another лгав Miss Patrick, daughter of the lampmanufacturer in Newgate street. I do not remember her face... | |
 | 1850 - 890 страници
...preposterous question wide of the mark ; to which he used to assent. We would say, for instance, ' Are you not a great fool, sir ?' or ' Isn't your daughter...reply, ' Yes, child,' When he condescended to hit из with the cane, he made a face as if he was taking physic. Miss Field, an agreeable-looking girl,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1860 - 526 страници
...preposterous question wide of the mark ; to which he used to assent. We would say, for instance, " Are you not a great fool, sir?" or, " Isn't your daughter...would reply, " Yes, child." When he condescended to Lit us with the cane, he made a face as if he were taking physic. Miss Field, an agreeable-looking... | |
 | Howard Staunton - 1865 - 622 страници
...some preposterous question wide of the mark ; to which he used to assent. We would say, for instance, 'Are you not a great fool, sir?' or, 'Isn't your daughter...condescended to hit us with the cane, he made a face as if he were taking a dose of physic." " Perhaps there is not a foundation in the country so truly English,... | |
 | Howard Staunton - 1865 - 682 страници
...some preposterous question wide of the mark ; to which he used to assent. We would say, for instance, 'Are you not a great fool, sir?' or, 'Isn't your daughter...condescended to hit us with the cane, he made a face as if he were taking a dose of physic." " Perhaps there is not a foundation in the country so truly English,... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1894 - 464 страници
...preposterous question wide of the mark ; to which he used to assent. We would say, for instance, ' Are you not a great fool, sir ? ' or ' Isn't your...condescended to hit us with the cane, he made a face as if he were taking physio. " The Author of the Country Spectator. — For an amusing account of the origin... | |
 | Howard Staunton - 1869 - 658 страници
...mark ; to which he used to assent. We would aay, for instance, ' Are you not a great fool, sir r ' or, * Isn't your daughter a pretty girl?' to which...condescended to hit us with the cane, he made a face as if he were taking a dose of physic. " Perhaps there is not a foundation in the country so truly English,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1870 - 448 страници
...preposterous question wide of the murk ; to which he used to assent. We would say, for instance, " Are you not a great fool, sir?" or, " Isn't your daughter...Yes, child." When he condescended to hit us with the caner he made a face as if he were taking physic. Miss Field, an agreeable-looking girl, was one of... | |
 | Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff - 1882 - 420 страници
...some preposterous question wide of the mark, to which he used to assent. We would say, for instance, ' Are you not a great fool, sir ?' Or, ' Isn't your daughter a pretty-girl?' To which he would reply, 'Yes, child.' When he condescended to hit us with the cane,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1889 - 586 страници
...friend then in waiting, put to him some preposterous question entirely wide of the mark, such as, " Are you not a great fool, sir ? " or " Isn't your daughter a pretty girl ? " would answer quite innocently, « Yes, child ! " Then, again, there is the waggish Junior a A BIOGRAPHICAL... | |
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... with an air of ineffable endurance. Often he did not hear at all. It was a joke with us, when any of our friends came to the door, and we asked his permission to go to them, to address him with some preposterous question wide of the mark ; to which... 
