 I wonder, Bill, whether it is true what they say of heaven being so happy — whether, now, it can be happier than sitting in the public, over a good jug of ale, with a fiddle going? I don't know a pleasure as comes up to that.  Our national vice - Page 150by William Reid - 1858 - 171 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1867 - 810 pages
...discourse on the joys of heaven, expresses himself confidentially to his mate in the following manner — " I wonder, Bill, whether it is true what they say of heaven being so happy ; whether it can be happier than sitting in the public over a jug of ale with a fiddle going? I don't know a... | |
 | 1858 - 1194 pages
...sympathy she displayed in her intercourse with them : — " My uncle and I were working in a pit ; and, says he, ' I wonder, Bill, whether it is true...going. I don't know a pleasure as comes up to that.' " I thought of their homeless lives, and, wishing to sympathize as far as I could, said, "Well, 1 dare... | |
 | Catherine Marsh - 1858 - 384 pages
...difficulties," he said, " if it was not giving too much trouble." " My mate and I were working in a pit ; and, says he, ' I wonder, Bill, whether it is true...going? I don't know a pleasure as comes up to that.' " I thought of their homeless lives, and wishing, to sympathise as far as I could, said, " Well, I... | |
 | 1858 - 668 pages
...is a navvy pitman's blind notion of heavenly pleasure : — " My mate and I were working in a pit, and says he, I wonder, Bill, whether it is true what...going ? I don't know a pleasure as comes up to that." May the readers of this paper seriously enquire after Jesus, who is the WIT, and the truth, and the... | |
 | 1858 - 674 pages
...pitman's blind notion of heavenly pleasure : — " My mate and I were working in a pit, and says he, 1 wonder, Bill, whether it is true what they say of...going ? I don't know a pleasure as comes up to that." May the readers of this paper seriously enquire after Jesus, who is the way, and the truth, and the... | |
 | 1859 - 584 pages
...working in a pit," said a railway navvy to the kindly authoress of a recent and very popular work,* " and says he, ' I wonder, Bill, whether it is true...public over a good jug of ale, with a fiddle going ?' " That is no doubt a real enough picture of the state of mind of many millions of the working classes.... | |
 | 1859 - 598 pages
...working in a pit," said a railway navvy to the kindly authoress of a recent and very popular work,* " and says he, 'I wonder, Bill, whether it is true what...public over a good jug of ale, with a fiddle going ?' " That is no doubt a real enough picture of the state of mind of many millions of the working classes.... | |
 | Wit - 1860 - 282 pages
...because you are in love with yourself, and have not a rival on the earth." A Navvy's Idea of Heaven. — "I wonder, Bill, whether it is true what they say...going ? I don't know a pleasure as comes up to that." Who's Afraid ?— " Sure thee doesn't think that it matters where our poor bones be put to, maister... | |
 | William Wilson - 1864 - 342 pages
...not giving too much trouble.' He wanted to know whether heaven 2S8 WISE AND TENDER GUIDANCE. were ' happier than sitting in the " public " over a good jug of ale, with a fiddle going ? ' 'I thought,' says Miss M., ' of their homeless lives, and wishing to sympathise as far as I could, said,... | |
 | Enaeas Sweetland Dallas - 1866 - 362 pages
...the chief occupations of the blest in heaven. Miss Marsh tells us of a navvy who said to his mate—" I wonder, Bill, whether it is true what they say of heaven being so happy; whether it can be happier than sitting in the public over a jug of ale with a fiddle going ? I don't know a... | |
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