The Clubs of London ...H. Colburn, 1832 |
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... served up in shoes . Here we were all at fault for some minutes , till , at length , an Oedipus solved the enigma ; for it was perdrix aux choux that Dick intended by that strange phrase . It was upon this occasion , that a gentleman ...
... served up in shoes . Here we were all at fault for some minutes , till , at length , an Oedipus solved the enigma ; for it was perdrix aux choux that Dick intended by that strange phrase . It was upon this occasion , that a gentleman ...
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... served to illustrate the misrule and confusion that must always result , when any business is managed by persons who are utterly ignorant of it . It would , however , be but a sorry compliment to Dick , to say that he was as fit for a ...
... served to illustrate the misrule and confusion that must always result , when any business is managed by persons who are utterly ignorant of it . It would , however , be but a sorry compliment to Dick , to say that he was as fit for a ...
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... that semi - buffoonery so often observable in men of a certain standing , who are unwilling to forego the place they still retain in the societies of younger and brisker spirits . This serves him ad- mirably 120 THE CLUBS OF LONDON .
... that semi - buffoonery so often observable in men of a certain standing , who are unwilling to forego the place they still retain in the societies of younger and brisker spirits . This serves him ad- mirably 120 THE CLUBS OF LONDON .
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Esq. Charles Marsh. younger and brisker spirits . This serves him ad- mirably as a succedaneum for wit , while it enables others to laugh at him with little or no expendi- ture of ingenuity or fancy ; for such a being is himself a ready ...
Esq. Charles Marsh. younger and brisker spirits . This serves him ad- mirably as a succedaneum for wit , while it enables others to laugh at him with little or no expendi- ture of ingenuity or fancy ; for such a being is himself a ready ...
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... when a John Dory was served up ; upon which he turned round to a lady who was next to him , and asked her , if she could tell him the botanical name of the fish , for that its real name could not 124 THE CLUBS OF LONDON .
... when a John Dory was served up ; upon which he turned round to a lady who was next to him , and asked her , if she could tell him the botanical name of the fish , for that its real name could not 124 THE CLUBS OF LONDON .
Términos y frases comunes
afterwards amidst amongst amusement anecdote Arthur Murphy banker barrister Beef Beef-Steaks Burke called character Charles Charles Morris Cobb conversation convivial counsellor Court Curran delighted Dick Dick's dine dinner Drûg Dublin Duke of Norfolk eloquence English Erskine exclaimed Farmer feelings fortune French revolution gave genius gentleman give Grace heard heart holy honour Horne Tooke hour humour Humphrey Sturt intellect Irish Jasus John JOHN HORNE TOOKE Kemble Killarney kind lady late laugh Linley literary Lord Lord Kingsborough Lord Sandwich Mackintosh ment Micky mind mirth morning natural never night notes observed occasion party person play political poor port wine powers racter remarked replied returned Rooney Serjeant Shakspeare Sheridan Sir Francis Burdett speech spirit Steaks Sublime Society sure taste tell theatre thing tion told Walsh whilst whole Wilkes WILLIAM LINLEY wine word