| Literary curiosities - 1876 - 334 страници
...friends ; the one thing not needful ; the hail in harvest; the ounce of sour in the pound of sweet. His memory is unseasonable ; his compliments perverse...as possible, and feel fairly rid of two nuisances. — Charles Lamb. MARRIAGE. MAN is for woman made, And woman made for man ; As the spur is for the... | |
| Hugues Charles S. Cassal, Théodore Karcher - 1876 - 312 страници
...look-out for the blue bird of Canada. I went on my way, and saw him no more. 124. THE POOR RELATION. There is a worse evil under the sun, and that is a...do something with the other; you may pass him off tolerably well ; but your indigent she-relative is hopeless. ' He is an old humourist,' you may say,... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1879 - 732 страници
...lady if it is not so. Inquireth if you have had your arms done on vellum yet ; and did not know, till ǻ 0 À 0 Թ Q h ... ŀ 0 ! N E tolerably well ; but your indigent she -relative is hopeless. "He is an old humourist," you may say,... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1879 - 672 страници
...not so. Inquireth if you have had your arms done on vellum yet ; and did not know, till lately, ihat such-and-such had been the crest of the family. His...do something with the other ; you may pass him off tolerably well ; but your indigent she-relative is hopeless. "He is an old humourist," you may say,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 страници
...Inquireth if you have had your arms done on vellum yet ; and did not know till lately that such and such had been the crest of the family. His memory is unseasonable,...do something with the other ; you may pass him off tolerably well ; but your indigent she-relative is hopeless. ' He is an old humorist,' you may Bay,... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1879 - 454 страници
...lady if it is not so. Inquireth if you have had your arms done on vellum yet ; and did not know, till lately, that such-and-such had been the crest of the...Poor Relation. You may do something with the other ; yon may pass him off tolerably well ; but your indigent she-relative is hopeless, "He is an old humorist,"... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 582 страници
...Inquireth if you have had your arms done in vellum yet: and did not know, till lately, that sueh-and such 's Antiquities of Koine, Mr. Coleridge, who was standing by, described to me a set of plates by pas's him off tolerably well ; but your indigent «herelative is hopeless. '• He is an old humourist,''... | |
| 1879 - 336 страници
...know, till lately, that such and such had been the cres't of the family. His memory is unreasonable; his compliments perverse; his talk a trouble; his...do something with the other; you may pass him off tolerably well; but your indignant sherelative is hopeless. " He is an old humorist," you may say,... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 576 страници
...lady if "it is not so. Inquireth if you have had your arms done in vellum yet : and did not know, till ot8 m/ pertinaeious ; and when he goeth away, you dismiss his chair into a corner, as precipitately as possible,... | |
| Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 страници
...lady if it is not so. Inquireth if you have had yonr arms done on vellum yet; and did not know, till lately, that such-and-such had been the crest of the...as possible, and feel fairly rid of two nuisances. I do not know how, upon a subject which I began with treating half seriously, I should have fallen... | |
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