 | Israel Acrelius, New Sweden. Upland court, William Penn - 1855 - 462 sidor
...brutality, to guide the tongue which could frame no other expression of sorrow than "Poor Fanny! I always thought she would play till she would be forced to tuck herself up !" t No sensibility could exist in his heart who could, for the sake of a scurvy pun, jest upon the... | |
 | 1855 - 458 sidor
...brutality, to guide the tongue which could frame no other expression of sorrow than " Poor Fanny ! I always thought she would play till she would be forced to tuck herself up !" 1 No sensibility could exist in his heart who could, for the sake of a scurvy pun, jest upon the... | |
 | Winthrop Sargent - 1855 - 464 sidor
...brutality, to guide the tongue which could frame no other expression of sorrow than " Poor Fanny ! I always thought she would play till she would be forced to tuck herself up!"1 No. sensibility could exist in his heart who could, for the sake of a scurvy pun, jest upon the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 544 sidor
...deliberation, leaving a note on the table with these lines : 4 To die is landing on some silent shore,' <fec. When Braddock was told of it, he only said: ' Poor...play till she would be forced to tuck herself up/ " Braddock himself had been somewhat of a spendthrift. He was touchy also, and punctilious. " He once... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1857 - 552 sidor
...complete the poor man's history in a few words : he once had a duel with Colonel Gumley, Lady Bath's s brother, who had been his great friend: as they were going to engage, Gumley, who had goodhumour and wit, (Braddock had the latter,) said, " Braddock, you are a poor dog! here take my purse;... | |
 | 1857 - 656 sidor
...Bath, deliberately hanged herself. When Braddock was told of it, all that he said was, " Poor Fanny ! I always thought she would play till she would be forced to tuck herself up." Both sexes were equally addicted to the gaming-table. "In private society, as many as ten or dozen... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 498 sidor
...die is landing on some silent shore,' &c. When Braddoek was told of it, he only said: 'Poor Fanny! I always thought she would play till she would be forced to tuck herself up.'" Braddock himself had been somewhat of a spendthrift. He was touchy also, and punctilious. " He once... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1861 - 552 sidor
...complete the poor man's history in a few words : he once had a duel with Colonel Gumley, Lady Bath's 3 brother, who had been his great friend: as they were going to engage, G1unley, who had goodhumour and wit, (Braddock had the latter,) said, " Braddock, you are a poor dog... | |
 | William Coutts Keppel Earl of Albemarle - 1865 - 510 sidor
...letter to Sir Horace Mann by Horace Walpole : " He once," says Walpole, " had a duel with Colonel Gumly, Lady Bath's brother, who had been his great friend. As they were going to engage, Gumly, who had good-humour and wit, said, ' Braddock, you are a poor dog ! here, take my purse. If... | |
 | Francis Parkman - 1880 - 402 sidor
...is landing on some silent shore,' &c. When Braddock was told of it, he only said, ' Poor Fanny ! I always thought she would play till she would be forced...Lady Bath's brother, who had been his great friend. An they were going to engage, Gumley, who had good humor and wit (Braddock had the latter), said, '... | |
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... in disposition. He had a sister, who, having gamed away all her little fortune at Bath, hanged herself with a truly English deliberation, leaving only a note upon the table with those lines, ' To die is landing on some silent shore,' &c. When Braddock... 
