 I went in, and found there a stoutish, middle-aged person, in a brown surtout and black tights and shoes, with no more hair upon his head (which was a large one, and very shining) than there is upon an egg, and with a very extensive face, which he turned...  Practical English for Seventh and Eighth Grades - Page 109by James Witt Sewell - 1911 - 307 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Dickens - 1849 - 1160 pages
...window, and beckoned to me to go in. I went in , and found there a stoutish , middleaged person , in a brown surtout and black tights and shoes, with no...imposing shirt-collar on. He carried a jaunty sort of a stick, with a large pair of rusty tassels to it; and a quizzing-glass hung outside his coat, —... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1850 - 726 pages
...window, and beckoned to me to go in. I went in, and found there a stoutish, middle-aged person, in a brown surtout and black tights and shoes, with no...imposing shirt-collar on. He carried a jaunty sort of a stick, with a large pair of rusty tassels to it ; and a quizzing-glass hung outside his coat, —... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1850 - 384 pages
...window, and beckoned to me to go in. I went in, and found there a stoutish, middle-aged person, in a brown surtout and black tights and shoes, with no...shabby, but he had an imposing shirt-collar on. He earned a jaunty sort of a stick, with a large pair of rusty tassels to it ; and a quizzing-glass hung... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1863 - 510 pages
...window, and beckoned to me to go in. I went in, and found there a stoutish, middle-aged person, in a brown surtout and black tights and shoes, with no...imposing shirt-collar on. He carried a jaunty sort of a stick, with a large pair of rusty tassels to it; and a quizzing-glass hung outside his coat,—for... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1863 - 336 pages
...window, and beckoned to me to go in. I went in, and found there a stoutish, .middle-aged person, in a brown surtout and black tights and shoes, with no...upon an egg, and with a very extensive face, which VOL. I. 15 he turned full upon me. His clothes were shabby, but he had an imposing shirt-collar on.... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1867 - 570 pages
...window, and beckoned to me to go in. I went in, and found there a stoutish, middle-aged person, in a brown surtout and black tights and shoes, with no...imposing shirt-collar on. He carried a jaunty sort of a stick, with a large pair of rusty tassels to it ; and a quizzing-glass hung outside his coat, —... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1870 - 1280 pages
...window, and beckoned to me to go in. I went in, and found there a •touiish. middle-aged person, in a brown surtout and black tights and shoes, with no...(which was a large one, and very shining) than there » upon an egg, and with a very extensive face, which VOL. i. 16 he turned full upon me. His clothes... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1871 - 526 pages
...window, and beckoned to me to go in. I went in, and found there a stoutish, middle-aged person, in a brown surtout and black tights and shoes, with no...imposing shirt-collar on. He carried a jaunty sort of a stick, with a large pair of rusty tassels to it; and a quizzing-glass hung outside his coat, —... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1872 - 384 pages
...beckoned to me to go in. I went, in, and found there a stoutish, middle-aged person, in a brown surtont and black tights and shoes, with no more hair upon...imposing shirt-collar on. He carried a jaunty sort of a stick, with a large pair of rusty tassels to it ; and a quizzing-glass huug outside his coat —... | |
 | Gilbert Ashville Pierce, William Adolphus Wheeler - 1872 - 652 pages
...counting-house window, and beckoned me to go in. I went in, and found there a stoutish, middleaged person, in a brown surtout and black tights and shoes, with no...shining) than there is upon an egg, and with a very exteusive face, which he turned full upon me. His clothes were shabby; but he had an imposing shirt... | |
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