They act as conductors to the storms usually hovering in the air. The man forced to remain at home, and vent his crossness on his wife and children, is a much worse animal to bear with than the man who grumbles his way to Pall Mall, and not daring to... The Diary of a Désennuyée - Página 34por Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1836 - 212 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1836 - 226 páginas
...Park to offer me his arm. It was quite a relief to me, and, 1 fancy, to his wife, when, findinghis services refused, he took himself off to his club....to bear with than the man who grumbles his way to Pall-Mail, and, not daring to swear at the club servants, or knock about the club furniture, becomes... | |
| Toby (Hogarth's own dog.), William Hogarth (pseud.) - 1854 - 206 páginas
...table to pieces with a hammer, because he chanced to stumble over it in the dark. 295. LONDON CLUBS. After all, clubs are not altogether so bad a thing...to bear with than the man who grumbles his way to Pall Mall, and not daring to swear at the club-servants, or knock about the club-furniture, becomes... | |
| John Timbs - 1859 - 204 páginas
...regretfully, and paid the bill most cheerfully." London clubs, after all, are not bad things for family men. They act as conductors to the storms usually hovering...to bear with than the man who grumbles his way to Pall Mall, and not daring to swear at the club-servants, or knock about the club-furniture, becomes... | |
| 1860 - 360 páginas
...remark on King William's motto, (Recepit, non rapicet,) " that the receiver was as bad as the thief"? After all, clubs are not altogether so bad a thing...on his wife and children, is a much worse animal to be with than the man who grumbles his way to Pall Mall, and, not daring to swear at the club-servants,... | |
| 1860 - 360 páginas
...remark on King William's motto, (Recepit, non rapicet,) " that the receiver was as bad as the thief"? After all, clubs are not altogether so bad a thing...usually hovering in the air. The man forced to remain at homeland vent his crossness on his wife and children, is a much worse animal to be with than the man... | |
| John Timbs - 1872 - 646 páginas
...novels, has these shrewd remarks : — " London Clubs, after all, are not bad things for family men. They act as conductors to the storms usually hovering...to bear with, than the man who grumbles his way to Pall Mall, and not daring to swear at the Club-servants, or knock about the club-furniture, becomes... | |
| John Timbs - 1872 - 646 páginas
...novels, has these shrewd remarks : — " London Clubs, afier all, are not bad things for family men. They act as conductors to the storms usually hovering...to bear with, than the man who grumbles his way to Pall Mall, and not daring to swear at the Club-servants, or knock about the club-furniture, becomes... | |
| Joe Miller - 1873 - 220 páginas
...table to pieces with a hammer, because he chanced to stumble over it m the dark. . 295. LONDON CLUBS. After all, clubs are not altogether so bad a thing...to bear with than the man who grumbles his way to Pall Mall, and not daring to swear at the club-servants, or knock about the club-furniture, becomes... | |
| 1885 - 492 páginas
...witty novelist has shrewdly remarked that London clubs are after all not bad things for family men. They act as conductors to the storms usually hovering in the air : the man forced to stop at home and vent his crossness on his wife find children is a much worse animal to bear with,... | |
| Charles Eyre Pascoe - 1892 - 702 páginas
...attendants, are such as even the most fortunate men find it difficult to meet with outside clubland. After all, clubs are not altogether so bad a thing...for familymen. They act as conductors to the storms sometimes hovering in the air. The man, forced to remain at home, and vent his crossness on his wife... | |
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