 Great heaps of indigestible matter melted away as ice before the sun. It was a solemn and an awful thing to see. Dyspeptic individuals bolted their food in wedges ; feeding, not themselves, but broods of nightmares, who were continually standing at livery...  The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit - Sivu 213tekijä(t) Charles Dickens - 1844 - 624 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Charles Dickens - 1844 - 924 sivua
...The sharpest pickles vanished ; whole encumbers at once, like sugarplums ; and no man winked his eye. Great heaps of indigestible matter melted away as...bolted their food in wedges; feeding, not themselves, bnt broods of night-mares, who were continually standing at livery within them. Spare men, with lank... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1846 - 740 sivua
...sharpest pickles vanished ; whole I cucumber* at once, like sugar-plumbs ; and no man winked his eye. Great heaps of indigestible matter melted away as...before the sun. It was a solemn and an awful thing to sec. Dyspeptic individuals bolted their food in wedges ; feeding, not themselves, but broods of nightmares,... | |
 | 1868 - 796 sivua
...The sharpest pickles vanished, whole cucumbers at once, like sugar-plums, and no man winked his eye. Great heaps of indigestible matter melted away as...the sun. It was a solemn and an awful thing to see." Of course, the company adjourned from the dining-room to "the bar-room in the next block," where they... | |
 | James Parton - 1868 - 156 sivua
...The sharpest pickles vanished, whole cucumbers at once, like sugar-plums, and no man winked his eye. Great heaps of indigestible matter melted away as...the sun. It was a solemn and an awful thing to see." Of course, the company adjourned from the dining-room to "the barroom in the next block," where they... | |
 | James Parton, William Tegg - 1877 - 122 sivua
...The sharpest pickles vanished, whole cucumbers at once, like sugar-plums, and no man winked his eye. Great heaps of indigestible matter melted away as...the sun. It was a solemn and an awful thing to see." Of course, the company adjourned from the dining-room to " the bar-room in the next block," where they... | |
 | 1921 - 506 sivua
...dinner time. Great heaps of indigestible matter melted away as ice before the sun. It was a solemn and awful thing to see. Dyspeptic individuals bolted their...destruction of heavy dishes, and glared with watchful eyes on the pastry. What Mrs. Pawkins felt each day at dinner time is hidden from all human knowledge. But... | |
 | Hiram Bingham - 1910 - 34 sivua
...The sharpest pickles vanished; whole cucumbers at once, like sugar-plums; and no man winked his eye. Great heaps of indigestible matter melted away as ice before the sun. It was a solemn and awful thing to see. Dyspeptic individuals bolted their food in wedges; feeding, not themselves, but... | |
 | Hiram Bingham - 1911 - 564 sivua
...The sharpest pickles vanished; whole cucumbers at once, like sugar-plums; and no man winked his eye. Great heaps of indigestible matter melted away as ice before the sun. It was a solemn and awful thing to see. Dyspeptic individuals bolted their food in wedges; feeding, not themselves, but... | |
 | Henry T. Finck - 1913 - 640 sivua
...of indigestible matter" which "melted away as ice before the sun"; the "dyspeptic individuals" who "bolted their food in wedges, feeding not themselves, but broods of nightmares." Such scenes still occur, but they are no longer typical. Nor, perhaps, would Emily Faithful have occasion... | |
 | 1868 - 860 sivua
...The sharpest pickles vanished, whole cucumbers at once, like sugar-plums, and no man winked his eye. Great heaps of indigestible matter melted away as...the sun. It was a solemn and an awful thing to see." Of course, the company adjourned from the dining-room to "the bar-room in the next block," where they... | |
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