Blimber's assistant, he was a kind of human barrel-organ, with a little list of tunes at which he was .continually working, over and over again, without any variation. Dickens as an Educator - Sivu 97tekijä(t) James Laughlin Hughes - 1900 - 319 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| William Walter Crotch - 1916 - 248 sivua
...was continuously working, over and over again without any variation." " He might," says Dickens, " have been fitted up with a change of barrels, perhaps,...monotonous round, it was his occupation to bewilder the ideas of Doctor Blimber's young gentlemen ; those young gentlemen who were prematurely full of carking... | |
| Bertram Waldrom Matz - 1922 - 284 sivua
...the constitution of a rhinoceros, the digestion of an ostrich^ and the concentration of an oyster." " He was a kind of human barrel organ, with a little...working over and over again, without any variation." 1. "I asked leave to teach , and I got it with much difficulty after a long while." 2. " Did I mention... | |
| George Gissing - 1924 - 186 sivua
...dead — and then Miss Blimber dug them up like a ghoul." Mr. Freder, rejoicing in the degree of BA, was "a kind of human barrel organ, with a little list...working, over and over again, without any variation." Contemporary readers made merry over the Blimber establishment; this was the veritable Dickens, greatest... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1926 - 1050 sivua
...been fitted up with a change of barrels, perhaps, in early life, if his destiny had been favorable ; but it had not been ; and he had only one, with which,...was his occupation to bewilder the young ideas of Doctor Blimber's young gentlemen. The young gentlemen were prematurely full of carking anxieties. They... | |
| Alexander John Philip, W. Laurence Gadd - 1928 - 428 sivua
...Mud. Pap, i. FEEDER, BA Mr., Dr. Blimber's Assistant. D. and S xi. He was a kind of human barrelorgan, with a little list of tunes at which he was continually...working over and over again, without any variation. Note. — • He afterwards marries Miss Blimber and succeeds the doctor in the school. FEEDER, MA... | |
| Donald Hawes - 1998 - 310 sivua
...at Dr Blimber's school, where little Paul Dombey was a pupil. He was 'a kind of human barrel-organ, with a little list of tunes at which he was continually...was his occupation to bewilder the young ideas of Doctor Blimber's young gentlemen.' He 'was in the habit of shaving his head for coolness'. Paul has... | |
| 2003 - 357 sivua
...Cornelia Blimber.—"As to Mr. Feeder, BA, Dr. Blimber's Assistant, he was a kind of human barrel-organ, with a little list of tunes, at which he was continually working over and over again, without any variation."—Dombey and Son. Feeder, Rev. Alfred.—Brother of Mr. Feeder, who officiated at his marriage... | |
| 590 sivua
...shirt-collars, and the stiffest possible cravats. It was so classical, she said. a kind of human barrel-organ, with a little list of tunes at which he was continually...was his occupation to bewilder the young ideas of Doctor Blimber's young gentlemen. The young gentlemen were prematurely full of carking anxieties. They... | |
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