 Temple, he showed me the beginning of his Animated Nature; it was with a sigh, such as genius draws when hard necessity diverts it from its bent to drudge for bread, and talk of birds and beasts and creeping things, which Pidcock's showman would have...  The United States Democratic Review - Page 3961856Full view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1869 - 410 pages
...prosperous Irish gentleman," it is not unreasonable to wish that he had cleared off Mr. Filby's bill. t " Poor fellow ! He hardly knew an ass from a mule, nor...from a. goose, but when he saw it on the table."— CUMBERLAND'S Mcmoirs. and that, a year with one patron, a great deal of time at the publichouse.* Tired... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1870 - 360 pages
...prosperous Irish gentleman," it is not unreasonable to wish that he had cleared off Mr. Filby' s bill. 1 " Poor fellow ! He hardly knew an ass from a mule, nor a turkey from a goose, but when he saw it on the table.'7— CUMBEBLA.TO'S Memoirs. with one patron, a great deal of time at the publichouse.1 Tired... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - 660 pages
...prosperous Irish gentleman," it is not unreasonable to wish that he had cleared off Mr. Filby's bill. * " Poor fellow ! He hardly knew an ass from a mule, nor...turkey from a goose, but when he saw it on the table." — CUMBERLAND'S Memoirs. •f " These youthful follies, like the fermentation of liquors, often disturb... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 pages
...prosperous Irish gentleman," it is not unreasonable to wish that he had cleared off Mr. Filby'sbill. i " Poor fellow ! He hardly knew an ass from a mule, nor...turkey from a goose, but when he saw it on the table." — CUMBERLAND'S Memoirs. ruefully, and the good folks there killed their calf — it was but a lean... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1910 - 480 pages
...gentleman," it is not unreasonable to wish that he had cleared off Mr. Filby's bill. t " Poor fellow 1 He hardly knew an ass from a mule, nor a turkey from a goose, but when he saw it on the table."— CUMBERLAND'S Memoirs. t " These youthful follies, like the fermentation of liquors, often disturb the... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 952 pages
...beasts, and creeping things, which Pidock's showman would have done as well. Poor fellow, he hardly knows an ass from a mule, nor a turkey from a goose, but when he sees it on the table." Others of Goldsmith's friends entertained similar ideas with respect to his... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1882 - 874 pages
...prosperous Irish gentleman," it is not unreasonable to wish that he had cleared off Mr. Filby's bill. t " Poor fellow ! He hardly knew an ass from a mule, nor a turkey from a goose, but when lie saw it on the table." — CUMBERLAND'S Memoirs. J "These youthful follies, like the fermentation... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 966 pages
...beasts, and creeping things, which Pidock's showman would have done as well. Poor fellow, he hardly known an ass from a mule, nor a turkey from a goose, but when he sees it on the table." Others of Goldsmith's friends entertained similar ideas with respect to his... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English wit and humor - 1883 - 880 pages
...prosperous Irish gentleman," it is not unreasonable to wish that he had cleared off Mr. Filhy's bill. t "Poor fellow! He hardly knew an ass from a mule, nor...turkey from a goose, but when he saw it on the table." — CUMBERLAND'S Memoir*. J "These youthful follies, like the fermentation of liquors, often disturb... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - 668 pages
...gentleman," it is not unreasonable to wish that he had cleared off Mr. Filby's bill. t " Poor fellow I He hardly knew an ass from a mule, nor a turkey from a goose, but when he saw it on the table." — CUMBERLAND'S Memoirs. } " These youthful follies, like the fermentation of liquors, often disturb... | |
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