 So should be acquiring a large property by the most infamous and odious means, and notwithstanding all the crimes of which he has been guilty, should be tolerated and abetted by your Citizens ? He is a public nuisance, is he not ? " "Yes, Sir." "A convicted...  American Notes for General Circulation - Página 292por Charles Dickens - 1842 - 306 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1856 - 838 páginas
...guilty, should be tolerated and abetted by your citizens ] He is a public nuisance, is he not? — Yes, sir. A convicted liar? — Yes, sir. He has been kicked, and ••mini, and caned 1 — Yes, sir. And he is utterly dishonourable, debased, and profligate '? —... | |
 | 1856 - 770 páginas
...Yes, sir. He has been kicked, and cuffed, and caned? — Yes, sir. And he is utterly dishonorable, debased, and profligate ? — Yes, sir. In the name...what is his merit? — Well, sir, he is a smart man!" Such is the satisfactory solution of the problem to which wo have already alluded, the solution of... | |
 | 1863 - 972 páginas
...guilty, should be tolerated and abetted by your citizens '" He is a public nuisance, is he not?" " Yes, sir." " He has been kicked, and cuffed, and caned?"...what is his merit?" " Well, sir, he is a smart man." Smartness is the only wear. A hundred Barnums are as good as a hundred Washingtons, and, perhaps, a... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1877 - 398 páginas
...culfed, and caned f" — "Yes, sir." — "And he is utterly dishonorable, debased, and profligate T" — "Yes, sir." — "In the name of wonder, then, what is his merit t" — " Well, sir, he is a smart man." In like manner, all kinds of deficient and impolitic usages... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1873 - 584 páginas
...been guilty, should be tolerated and abetted by your citizens ? He is a public nuisance, is he not?" I go to school," says he. I took him up in a moment, and we went on. Presently anc caned ? " " Yes, sir." " And he is utterly dishonorable, debased, and profligate ? " " Yes, sir."... | |
 | Joseph Cook - 1877 - 360 páginas
...guilty, should be tolerated and sheltered by your citizens ? He is a public nuisance, is he not ? " — " Yes, sir." — " A convicted liar ? " — " Yes, sir."...caned ? " — " Yes, sir." — " And he is utterly dishonorable, debased, and profligate ? " — " Yes, sir." — " In the name of wonder then, what is... | |
 | Joseph Cook - 1879 - 178 páginas
...guilty, should be tolerated and sheltered by your citizens ? He is a public nuisance, is he not?" — " Yes, sir." — "A convicted liar ? " — " Yes, sir."...his merit? " — " Well, sir, he is a smart man." Dickens says he held this dialogue a hundred times.* In Dickens' name I once told this anecdote to... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1883 - 666 páginas
...guilty, should be tolerated and abetted by your citizens ? He is a public nuisance, is he nol ? " " Yes, sir." " A convicted liar ? " " Yes, sir." " He...cuffed, and caned ? " " Yes, sir." " And he is utterly dishonorable, debased, and profligate ? " " Yes, sir." "In the name of wonder, then, what is his merit... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1884 - 990 páginas
...been guilty, should be tolerated and abetted by your citizens? He is a public nuisance, is he not?" "Yes, sir." "A convicted liar?" "Yes, sir." "He has...sir." "And he is utterly dishonourable, debased, and profligate?'1 "Yes, sir." "In the name of wonder, then, what is his merit?" "Well, sir, he is a smart... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature - 1884 - 1054 páginas
...Yes, sir. He has been kicked, aud cuffed, and caned? Yes, sir. And he is utterly dishonorable, and debased, and profligate? Yes, sir. In the name of...then, what is his merit? Well, sir he is a smart man." The Rev. Joseph Cook says : "I once told this anecdote to a learned German, who replied, bringing down... | |
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