My Novel: Or Varieties in English Life. By Pisistratus Caxton, Volume 2J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1865 |
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... Sprott , the tinker . CHAPTER XV . THE tinker , blacker and grimmer than ever , stared hard at the altered person of his old acquaintance , and ex- tended his sable fingers , as if inclined to convince himself by the sense of touch that ...
... Sprott , the tinker . CHAPTER XV . THE tinker , blacker and grimmer than ever , stared hard at the altered person of his old acquaintance , and ex- tended his sable fingers , as if inclined to convince himself by the sense of touch that ...
Page 133
... Sprott , as he once more surveyed Leonard , " vy , you bees a rale gentleman , now surely ! Vot's the dodge- eh ? " " Dodge ! " repeated Leonard mechanically- " I don't understand you . " Then , thinking that it was neither necessary ...
... Sprott , as he once more surveyed Leonard , " vy , you bees a rale gentleman , now surely ! Vot's the dodge- eh ? " " Dodge ! " repeated Leonard mechanically- " I don't understand you . " Then , thinking that it was neither necessary ...
Page 134
... Sprott , not louting low , ( for a sturdy republican was Mr. Sprott , ) but , like a lord of human - kind , " Pride in his port , defiance in his eye . " Mr. Avenel's fingers itched to knock the tinker's villan- ous hat off his ...
... Sprott , not louting low , ( for a sturdy republican was Mr. Sprott , ) but , like a lord of human - kind , " Pride in his port , defiance in his eye . " Mr. Avenel's fingers itched to knock the tinker's villan- ous hat off his ...
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... Sprott an incendiary . Mr. Sprott was a man of a very high spirit , and did not forgive an insult easily . His nature was inflammatory , and so was that of the lucifers which he always carried about him , with his tracts and glue - pots ...
... Sprott an incendiary . Mr. Sprott was a man of a very high spirit , and did not forgive an insult easily . His nature was inflammatory , and so was that of the lucifers which he always carried about him , with his tracts and glue - pots ...
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... Sprott of destroying his rick , yet , when he once set about suspecting , he found he had quite as good cause to suspect fifty other persons . How on earth could a man puzzle himself about ricks and Tinkers , when all his cares and ...
... Sprott of destroying his rick , yet , when he once set about suspecting , he found he had quite as good cause to suspect fifty other persons . How on earth could a man puzzle himself about ricks and Tinkers , when all his cares and ...
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Page 100 - That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward-slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea stamp ; The man's the gowd for a
Page 30 - ... and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men : as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect ; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention ; or a shop, for profit, or sale ; and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator,...
Page 30 - For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men...
Page 154 - Delaval, an old baronet, with a pedigree as long as a Welshman's, who had been reluctantly decoyed to the feast by his three unmarried daughters — not one of whom, however, had hitherto condescended even to bow to the host — now rose. It was his right, — he was the first person there in rank and station. "Ladies and Gentlemen...
Page 30 - But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge. For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and...