I had rather be an under-turnkey in Newgate. I was up early and late ; I was browbeat by the master, hated for my ugly face by the mistress, worried by the boys... Life of Oliver Goldsmith - Page 52by Washington Irving - 1886 - 258 pagesFull view - About this book
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1815 - 268 pages
...boarding-school myself; and may I die by an anodyne necklace, but 1 had rather be an under turnkey in Newgate. I was up early and late : I was browbeat...my ugly face by the mistress, worried by the boys within, and never permitted to stir out to meet civility abroad. But are you sure you are fit for a... | |
| 1820 - 406 pages
...boarding-school myself: and may I die by an anodyne necklace, but I had rather be an under turnkey in Newgate! I was up early and late: I was brow-beat...my ugly face by the mistress, worried by the boys within, and never permitted to stir out to meet civility abroad. But are you sure you are fit for a... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...boarding-school myself; and may I •lie by an anodyne necklace, but I had rather be an under-turnkey in Newgate ! I was up early and late — I was brow-beat...ugly face by the mistress — worried by the boys within — and never permitted to stir out to meet civility abroad. But are you sure you are fit for... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 pages
...actual starving. Unquestionably, his description was founded on personal recollections, where~he says, " our, quoth the Corporal, that if it had not been for the quantity of brandy we set within ; and never permitted to stir out, to seek civility abroad." This state of slavery he underwent... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pages
...actual starving. Unquestionably, his description was founded on personal recollections, where he says, " I was up early and late ; I was brow-beat by the master...my ugly face by the mistress ; worried by the boys within ; and never permitted to stir out, to seek civility abroad." This state of slavery he underwent... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 222 pages
...boarding-sehool myself: and may I die by an anodyne neeklaee, but I had rather be an under turnkey in Newgate! I was up early and late: I was brow-beat by the master, hated for my ugly faee by the mistress, worried by the boys within, and never permitted to stir out to meet oivility... | |
| H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 pages
...песЫасе, w'àrtliirh: tcfimerxstiltendcs Haieband, «fi Strick., had rather be an undcrturnkey in Newgate *). I was up early and late: I was brow-beat by the master, haled for my ugly face by the mistress, worried by the boys within, and never permitted to stir out... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 pages
...boarding-school myself; and may I die by an anodyne necklace, but I had rather be an under- turnkey in Newgate. I was up early and late : I was browbeat...my ugly face by the mistress, worried by the boys within, and never permitted to stir out to meet civility abroad. But are you sure you are fit for a... | |
| 1825 - 610 pages
...actual starving. Unquestionably, his description was founded on personal recollections, where he says, "I was up early and late; I was brow-beat by the master;...my ugly face by the mistress; worried by the boys within; and never permitted to stir out, to seek civility abroad." This state of slavery he underwent... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825 - 554 pages
...starving. Unquestionably, his description was founded on personal recollections, where he says: — « 1 was up early and late ; I was browbeat by the master;...my ugly face by the mistress ; worried by the boys within; and never permitted to stir out, to seek civility abroad. This state of slavery he underwent... | |
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