Joseph," said the father, with something like tears in his eyes, " Joseph, Heaven knows how soon I may be taken from you, and therefore I cannot too frequently check your preposterous extravagance. Truth, Joseph, truth is like gold ; a really wise man... The Works of Douglas Jerrold - Página 400por Douglas Jerrold - 1863Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Charles Dickens - 1837 - 398 páginas
...go shopping in hoop, stomacher and diamonds ? We shall never forget the apothegm of a late lamented attorney, whose only son — how he acquired the antipathy...! Let the fate of our hero be taken as an example. " One pound one — the bird is yours, sir, cage and all." Thus spoke Mr. Brown, the auctioneer, declaring... | |
| Edward Howard - 1837 - 216 páginas
...whose only son—how he acquired the antipathy yet remains a mystery—had an invincible aver6 sion to a lie. "Joseph," said the father, with something...beggary! Let the fate of our hero be taken as an example. " One pound one—the bird is yours, sir, cage and all." Thus spoke Mr. Brown, the auctioneer, declaring... | |
| Douglas Jerrold - 1852 - 584 páginas
...it begets indifference. To be always speaking the truth, what is it but to wear a court-suit every day — to go shopping in hoop, stomacher, and diamonds...! Let the fate of our hero be taken as an example. " One pound one — the bird is yours, sir, cage and all." Thus spoke Mr. Green, the auctioneer, declaring... | |
| Douglas William Jerrold - 1852 - 380 páginas
...what is it but to wear a court-suit every day — to go shopping in hoop, stomacher, and diamonds 1 It was a most wise apophthegm, that of a late attorney,...! Let the fate of our hero be taken as an example. " One pound one — the bird is yours, sir, cage and all." Thus spoke Mr. Green, the auctioneer, declaring... | |
| Franklin Fiske Heard - 1881 - 212 páginas
...saved by his advocacy, replied, "That is because my credit exceeds my eloquence." DOUGLAS JERROLD says, "Truth is like gold : a really wise man makes a little of it go a long way." " A UTHORITIES are the actual decisions of -£-»- the courts."' " The law is made up of... | |
| Mackenzie Bell - 1927 - 516 páginas
...it begets indifference. To be always speaking the truth, what is it but to wear a court-suit every day — to go shopping in hoop, stomacher, and diamonds...! Let the fate of our hero be taken as an example. " One pound one — the bird is yours, sir, cage and all." Thus spoke Mr. Green, the auctioneer, declaring... | |
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