 Inquireth if you have had your arms done on vellum yet; and did not know, till lately, that such-and-such had been the crest of the family. His memory is unseasonable; his compliments perverse; his talk a trouble; his stay pertinacious; and when he goeth...  Spirit of the English Magazines - Sivu 1661824Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Charles Lamb - 1884 - 546 sivua
...crest of the family. His memory is unseasonable; his compliments perverse; his talk a trouble ; his stay pertinacious ; and when he goeth away, you dismiss...with the other ; you may pass him off tolerably well ; but your indigent she-relative is hopeless. " He is an old humorist," you may say, "and affects to... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1885 - 296 sivua
...unseasonable ; his compliments perverse ; his talk a trouble; his stay pertinacious; and when he goeih away, you dismiss his chair into a corner, as precipitately...with the other ; you may pass him off tolerably well ; but your indigent she-relative is hopeless. "He is an old humourist," you may say, "and affects to... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1885 - 196 sivua
...crest of the family. His memory is unseasonable ; his compliments perverse ; his talk a trouble ; his stay pertinacious; and when he goeth away, you dismiss...nuisances. There is a worse evil under the sun, and that is—a female Poor Relation. You may do something with the other ; you may pass- him off tolerably... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - 1887 - 572 sivua
...crest of the family. His memory is unseasonable ; his compliments perverse ; his talk a trouble ; his c '7. They are" paradoxical. He '7od up for divorce and regici '7He ridiculed the Eikon. He a pasi him off tolerably well ; but your indigent sherelative is hopeless. " He is an old humorist,"... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1890 - 516 sivua
...crest of the family. His memory is unseasonable; his compliments perverse; his talk aio trouble; his stay pertinacious; and when he goeth away, you dismiss...nuisances. There is a worse evil under the sun, and that is—a female Poor Relation. You may do something with the^ other; you may pass him oil tolerably well;... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1890 - 584 sivua
...crest of the family. His memory is unseasonable ; his compliments perverse ; his talk a trouble ; his stay pertinacious ; and when he goeth away, you dismiss his chair into a comer as precipitately as possible, and feel fairly rid of two nuisances. There is a worse evil under... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1892 - 604 sivua
...crest of the family. His memory is unseasonable ; his compliments perverse ; his talk a trouble ; his stay pertinacious ; and when he goeth away, you dismiss...with the other ; you may pass him off tolerably well ; but your indigent she-relative is hopeless. " He is an old humourist," you may say, "and affects... | |
 | Frederick William Morton - 1894 - 224 sivua
...the one thing not needful, — the hail in harvest, — the ounce of sour in a pound of sweet. . . . There is a worse evil under the sun, and that is —...with the other, you may pass him off tolerably well ; but your indigent she-relative is hopeless. " He is an old humorist," you may say, "and affects to... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1894 - 402 sivua
...memory is unseasonable, his compliments perverse,11 his talk a trouble,12 his stay13 pertinacious;14 and when he goeth away, you dismiss his chair into...as precipitately as possible, and feel fairly rid 15 of two nuisances. There is a worse evil under the sun, and that is — a female Poor Relation.16... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1897 - 228 sivua
...compliments perverse ; his talk a trouble ; his stay pertinacious ; and when he goeth away, you 20 dismiss his chair into a corner as precipitately as...with the other ; you may pass him off tolerably well ; but your L'5 indigent she-relative is hopeless. " He is an old humorist," you may say, "and affects... | |
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