 | Charles Dickens - 1885 - 990 páginas
...by your citizens? He is a public! nuisance, is he not?" "\es, sir." ''A convicted liar?" "Yes, sir." "He has been kicked, and cuffed, and caned?" "Yes,...like manner, all kinds of deficient and impolitic usuages are referred to the national love of trade; though oddly enough, it would be a weighty charge... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1885 - 874 páginas
...Citizens ? He is a public nuisance, is he not ? " Yes, sir." " A convicted liar ? " " 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 of wonder, then, what is his merit... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1890 - 444 páginas
...He is a public nuisance, is he not ? " — " Yes, sir." — "A convicted liar?" — "Yes, sir." — "He has been kicked, and cuffed, and caned ? " — " Yes, sir." — "And he is utterly dishonorable, debased, and profligate ? " — " YCJ, sir." — " In the name of wonder, then, what... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1897 - 380 páginas
...Citizens? He is a public nuisance, is he not?' — 'Yes, sir.' — 'A convicted liar?' — '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 of wonder, then, what is... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1898 - 580 páginas
...your Citizens ? He is a public nuisance, is he not ? " "Yes, sir." "A convicted liar?" "Yes, sir." "He has been kicked, and cuffed, and .caned ? " "...and impolitic usages are referred to the national loveNrf trade ; though, oddly enough, it would be a weighty charge against a foreigner that he regarded... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1911 - 536 páginas
...by your citizens ? He is a public nuisance, is he not?" "Yes, sir." "A convicted liar?" "Yes, sir." "He has been kicked, and cuffed, and caned?" "Yes,...is his merit ? " " Well, sir, he is a smart man." 'But the foul growth of America has a more tangled root than this ; and it strikes its fibres, deep... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1913 - 168 páginas
...by your citizens? He is a public nuisance is he not? 'Yes, sir.' ' A convicted liar? ' '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 of wonder, then, what is his merit?... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1914 - 798 páginas
...by your citizens? He is a public nuisance, is he not?" "Yes, sir." "A convicted liar?" "Yes, sir." "He has been kicked, and cuffed, and caned?" "Yes,...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 man." '... | |
 | Silas Arthur Cook - 1915 - 360 páginas
...is a public nuisance, is he not?" "Yes, sir." "A convicted liar?" "Yes, sir." "Utterly dishonorable, debased, and profligate?" "Yes, sir." "In the name...what is his merit?" "Well, sir, he is a smart man." We are told of a Chinese governor who demanded of a Chinese the return of a large loan which had never... | |
 | Van Wyck Brooks - 1920 - 290 páginas
...by your citizens? He is a public nuisance, is he not?' 'Yes, sir.' 'A convicted liar?' '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 of wonder, then, what is his merit?'... | |
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In the name of wonder, then, what is his merit ? " " Well, Sir, he is a smart man. 
