The Old Maids' Club, Volym 1W. Heinemann, 1892 - 333 sidor A collection of silly and satiric 1890s New Humour. |
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Sida 61 - How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear Charmer away!
Sida 195 - English stage; and generally removed from the language, except in official publications and medical literature, all words calculated to 'bring a blush to the cheek of the young person.
Sida 328 - In spite of its close print and its five hundred pages The Premier and the Painter is not very difficult to read. To speak of it, however, is difficult. It is the sort of book that demands yet defies quotation for one thing ; and for another it is the sort of book the description of which as " very clever " is at once inevitable and inadequate.
Sida 23 - It is so kind of you to come and see me," she said. He made a stately inclination. " The obligation is mine," he said. " I am greatly interested in the drama. This is the seventeenth time I have been to see you." " I meant here," she said piqued, though the smile stayed on. " Oh, but I understood " His eyes wandered interrogatively about the room. " Yes, I know my mother is out,