The Attaché: Or, Sam Slick in England, المجلدات 1-2R. Bentley, 1843 |
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الصفحة 66 - Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care ; what is to be done for thee ? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
الصفحة 23 - Seven years, my lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door ; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the very verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
الصفحة 176 - And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
الصفحة 89 - It is the name of a potatoe," said I, " which they produce in great perfection, and boast to be the best in the world. The Americans have, in consequence, given them the nick-name of
الصفحة 62 - I'll send the idea to HB Pray name some day when you are disengaged; I hope you will give me the pleasure of dining with me. Will this day fortnight suit you ?' " ' Thank you,' sais I,
الصفحة 267 - ... that looks light, cut with a knife ; if a thing looks like fish, you may take your oath it is flesh ; and if it seems rael flesh, it's only disguised, for it's sure to be fish ; nothin' must be nateral, natur is out of fashion here. This is a manufacturin...
الصفحة 154 - Like the rooks, too, they are privileged to scour over the farmers' fields all round home, and play the very devil. " And then a fellow can't hear himself speak for 'em ; divide, divide, divide, question, question, question ; cau, cau, cau, cau, cau, cau. Oh! we must go there again. I want you to see Peel, Stanley, Graham, Shiel, Russell, Macauley, Old Joe, and so on. These men are all upper crust here. Fust of all, I want to hear your opinion of 'em. I take you to be a considerable of a good judge...
الصفحة 207 - ... difficult to obtain redress and justice, and would wind up with the passionate exclamation, " Oh that / were made judge in the land, that every man who hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and / would do him justice !" And then when any man passing by came to make his obeisance to the king's son, Absalom would put forth his arms, and take hold of him, and embrace him like a brother. "And after this manner," says the narrative, " did Absalom to all Israel who came to the king for judgment...
الصفحة 135 - Congress, and see their speeches ; and if they don't, they send a piece to the paper, enquirin' if their member died a natural death, or was skivered with a bowie knife, for they hante seen his speeches lately, and his friends are anxious to know his fate. Our free and enlightened citizens don't approbate silent members ; it don't seem to them as if Squashville, or...
الصفحة 19 - You hante nothin' to do yourself and they never have nothin' to do ; they don't know nothin' about America, and don't want to. Your talk don't interest them, and they can't talk to interest nobody but themselves; all you've got to do, is to pull out your watch and see how time goes ; how much of the day is left, and then go to the winder and see how the sky looks, and whether there is any chance of holdin