The Pic-nic Papers, Volumen 2Charles Dickens Ward and Lock, 1841 - 472 páginas |
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Página 299 - A valuable contribution to historical knowledge, to young persons especially. It contains a mass of every kind of historical matter of interest, which industry and resource could collect. We have derived much entertainment and instruction from the work.— Athenaum.
Página 299 - A remarkable and truly great historical work. In this series of biographies, in -which the severe truth of history takes almost the wildness of romance, it is...
Página 167 - em down, and put 'em out!" The aristocracy of the boxes gazed complacently upon• the grand set-to beneath them, the boys whacked away with their clubs at the lamps, and hurled the fragments upon the stage, while Ophelia and Hamlet ran away together.
Página 78 - This service was to be recompensed with a cracker, and a glass of what the shopman was pleased to call racky mirackilis, a fluid sometimes termed " railroad," from the rapidity with which it hurries men to the end of their journey. Like many of the best-natured fellows in the world, Salix, by way of being a capital companion, and of not being different from others, had acquired rather a partiality for riding on this " railroad," and he agreed to keep his trigger eye on the dog.
Página 68 - My genius is good, but my mind is not sufficiently manured by 'ears." Pigwiggen, waiting it may be till sufficiently "manured" to note his thoughts, was seen one fine morning not long since, at the corner of <the street, with a melancholy, abstracted air, the general character of his appearance. His garments were of a rusty black, much the worse for wear.
Página 167 - How vu'd you like it ?" exclaimed an indignant Spooneyite to a hissing malcontent ; " how vu'd you like it fur to have it druv' into you this ere vay ? Vot kin a man do ven he ain't got no chance ?" As the hisser did but hiss the more vigorously on account of the remonstrance, and, jumping up, did it directly in the teeth of the remonstrant, the friend to Spooney knocked him down, and the parquette was soon in an uproar.
Página 183 - But," continued Brush, drawing a roll of crumpled paper from the crown of his still more crumpled hat — " see here now — you're a clever fellow, and I'll get you to sign my recommendation. Here's a splendid character for me all ready wrote down, so it won't give you any trouble, only to put your name to it.