 Boards sat upon them, secretaries minuted upon them, commissioners gabbled about them, clerks registered, entered, checked, and ticked them off, and they melted away. In short, all the business of the country went through the Circumlocution Office, except...  Works - Sivu 152tekijä(t) Charles Dickens - 1856Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1857 - 628 sivua
...reappeared in the light of day. Boards sat upon them, secretaries minuted upon them, commissioners gabbled about them, clerks registered, entered, checked,...that never came out of it ; and its name was Legion.' This is no isolated ebullition. The Circumlocution Office forms one of the standing decorations of... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1856 - 684 sivua
...reappeared in the light of day. Boards sat upon them, secretaries minuted upon them, commissioners gabbled about them, clerks registered, entered, checked,...motions made or threatened about it, by demagogues so low and ignorant as to hold that the real recipe of government was, How to do it. Then would the... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1857 - 838 sivua
...reappeared in the light of day. Boards sat upon them, secretaries minuted upon them, commissioners gabbled about them, clerks registered, entered, checked,...motions made or threatened about it, by demagogues so low and ignorant as to hold that the real recipe of government was, How to do it. Then would the... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1857 - 746 sivua
...them, commissioners gabbled about them, clerks registered^ entered, checked, and ticked them oft', and they melted away. In short, all the business of...except the business that never came out of it ; and it* name was Legion. Sometimes, angry spirits attacked the Circumlocution Office. Somr'times, parliamentary... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1865 - 526 sivua
...reappeared in the light of day. Boards sat upon them, secretaries minuted upon them, commissioners gabbled about them, clerks registered, entered, checked,...except the business that never came out of it; and it» name was Legion. Sometimes, angry spirits attacked the Circumlocution Office. Sometimes, parliamentary... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1867 - 554 sivua
...reappeared in the light of day. Boards sat upon them, secretaries minuted upon them, commissioners gabbled about them, clerks registered, entered, checked,...motions made or threatened about it, by demagogues so low and ignorant as to hold that the real recipe of ijovernment was, How to do it. Then would the... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1868 - 578 sivua
...reappeared in the light of day. Boards sat upon them, secretaries minuted upon them, commissioners gabbled about them, clerks registered, entered, checked,...motions made or threatened about it, by demagogues so low and ignorant as to hold that the real recipe of ^ovemment was, I low to do it. Then would the... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1869 - 1248 sivua
...reappeared in the light of day. Boards sat upon them, secretaries minuted upon them, commissioners gabbled about them, clerks registered, entered, checked,...them off, and they melted away. In short, all the voi i 1 1 business of the country went through the Circumlocution Office, except the business that... | |
 | Gilbert Ashville Pierce, William Adolphus Wheeler - 1872 - 652 sivua
...day. Boards sat upon them, secretaries minnted upon them, commissioners gabbled about them, elerks registered, entered, checked, and ticked them off,...melted away. In short, all the business of the country wvnt throngh the Circumlocution Office, except the business that uever came out of it ; and ¿is name... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1873 - 374 sivua
...re-appeared in the light of day. Boards sat upon them, secretaries minuted upon them, commissioners gabbled about them, clerks registered, entered, checked,...Circumlocution Office, except the business that never came ont of it ; and its name was Legion. Sometimes angry spirits attacked the Circumlocution Office. Sometimes,... | |
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