 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 538 pages
...till it has moistened the book beneath it with its vile dew. For such a one I would substi • tute a cobbler's apron in the place of his book. He has a nail like a giant's, perfumed with stinking ordure, with which he points out the place of any pleasant subject. He distributes innumerable straws... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1856 - 460 pages
...with his handkerchief till it has moistened the book beneath it with its vile dew. For * Pp. 50-56. such a one I would substitute a cobbler's apron in...has a nail like a giant's, perfumed with stinking ordure, with which he points out the place of any pleasant subject. He distributes innumerable straws... | |
 | 1866 - 628 pages
...nor does he trouble himself to wipe it with his handkerchief, till it has moistened the book beneath with its vile dew. For such a one I would substitute...the place of his book. He has a nail like a giant's, with which foul thing he points out the place of any pleasant subject. He is not ashamed to eat fruit... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1874 - 578 pages
...his handkerchief till it has moistened the book beneath it with its vile dew. For such a one I could substitute a cobbler's apron in the place of his book....has a nail like a giant's, perfumed with stinking ordure, with which he points out the place of any pleasant subject. He distributes innumerable straws... | |
 | John Hill Burton - 1883 - 432 pages
...legitimacy of the commercial part of the transaction:— "' Snuffy Davie bought the Game of Chess, dew. For such a one, I would substitute a cobbler's...with which he points out the place of any pleasant object. He distributes innumerable straws in various places, with the ends in sight, that he may recall... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1888 - 302 pages
...swell with presumption, judge of everything with certainty, and are inexperienced in anything. Yon will perhaps see a stiff-necked youth lounging sluggishly...has a nail like a giant's, perfumed with stinking ordure, with which he points out the place of any pleasant subject. He distributes innumerable straws... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1888 - 280 pages
...a stiff-necked youth lounging sluggishly in his study : while the frost pinches him in winter tune, oppressed with cold, his watery nose drops, nor does...has a nail like a giant's, perfumed with stinking ordure, with which he points out the place of any pleasant subject. He distributes innumerable straws... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1888 - 276 pages
...trouble to wipe it with his handkerchief till it has moistened the book beneath it with its vile N dew. For such a one I would substitute a cobbler's...has a nail like a^ giant's, . perfumed with stinking ordure, with which he points out 'the place of any pleasant subject. He distributes innumerable straws... | |
 | Francis Aidan Gasquet - 1897 - 456 pages
...stiff necked youth lounging \ sluggishly in his study, while the frost pinches him in the winter time. For such a one I would substitute a cobbler's apron...the place of his book. He has a nail like a giant's, with which he points out the place of any pleasant subject. He distributes innumerable straws in various... | |
 | Henry Leigh Bennett - 1901 - 270 pages
...in winter-time : .... his watery nose drops .... moistening the book with its vile dew. For such an one I would substitute a cobbler's apron in the place...has a nail like a giant's, perfumed with stinking ordure, with which he points out the place. He distributes straws in various places with the ends in... | |
| |
... oppressed with cold, his watery nose drops, nor does he take the trouble to wipe it with his handkerchief till it has moistened the book beneath it with its vile dew. For such a one I would substitute a cobbler's apron in the place of his book. He... 
