 Fortunatus's purse of good sentiments in his inside. In this particular he was like the girl in the fairy tale, except that if they were not actual diamonds which fell from his lips, they were the very brightest paste, and shone prodigiously.  Dickens as an Educator - Sivu 292tekijä(t) James Laughlin Hughes - 1900 - 319 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | William Thomas Fernie - 1913 - 442 sivua
...correspondence. It was once said of him by a homely admirer, that he had a Fortunatus's purse of good sentiments in his inside. In this particular he was...exemplary man : fuller of virtuous precept than a copy-book. Some people likened him to a direction-post, which is always telling the way to a place,... | |
 | Thomas Alexander Fyfe - 1913 - 364 sivua
...but it was generally understood that his knowledge of the science was almost awful in its profundity. He was a most exemplary man ; fuller of virtuous precept than a copy-book; some people likened him to a direction post, which is always telling the way to a place... | |
 | Francis Kingsley Ball - 1923 - 488 sivua
...correspondence. It was once said of him by a homely admirer, that he had a Fortunatus's purse of good sentiments in his inside. In this particular he was...most exemplary man: fuller of virtuous precept than a copy-book. Some people likened him to a direction-post, which is always telling the way to a place,... | |
 | Francis Wrigley Hirst - 1927 - 140 sivua
...indeed reminds me of a character in " Martin Chuzzlewit " : " He was like the girl in the fairy story, except that if they were not actual diamonds which...most exemplary man, fuller of virtuous precept than a copybook. Some people likened him to a direction-post, which is always telling the way to a place,... | |
 | Arthur Compton-Rickett - 1906 - 250 sivua
...there never was a more moral man than Mr Pecksniff, especially in his conversation and correspondence. He was a most exemplary man, fuller of virtuous precept than a copy-book. Some people likened him to a direction-post, which is always telling the way to a place... | |
 | Donald Hawes - 1998 - 310 sivua
...never was a more moral man than Mr Pecksniff: especially in his conversation and correspondence . . . He was a most exemplary man: fuller of virtuous precept than a copy-book. Some people likened him to a direction-post, which is always telling the way to a place,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 2000 - 868 sivua
...'moral man' full of virtuous sentiments. 'In this particular he was like the girl in the fairy-tale, except that if they were not actual diamonds which...the very brightest paste, and shone prodigiously.' Similar paste diamonds drop freely from American lips. When Martin and Mark Tapley flee from an America... | |
 | Norman Page - 1999 - 456 sivua
...ceases to be laughable and yet never ceases to be loathsome," is one of D1ckens's greatest creations. "He was a most exemplary man : fuller of virtuous precept than a copybook. Some people likened him to a direction post, which is always telling the way to a place,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 2006 - 574 sivua
...correspondence. It was once said of him by a homely admirer, that he had a Fortunatus's purse of good sentiments in his inside. In this particular he was...precept than a copy book. Some people likened him to a direction-post, which is always telling the way to a place, and never goes there; but these were his... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1903 - 976 sivua
...correspondence. It was once said of him by a homely admirer, that he had a Fortunatus's puree of good sentiments in his inside. In this particular he was...exemplary man : fuller of virtuous precept than a copy-book. Some people likened him to a direction-post, which is always telling the way to a place,... | |
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