 Then Abner Dean of Angel's raised a point of order — when A chunk of old red sandstone took him in the abdomen, And he smiled a kind of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor, And the subsequent proceedings interested him no more.  Stories and Poems - Stran 577avtor: Bret Harte - 1915 - 638 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - 1895 - 354 strani
...trumpery matter as a road fence." After this I quite expected to read that some one — . . . rained a point of order, when A chunk of old red sandstone took him in the abdomen, And he smiled a sort of sickly smile and curled upon the floor ! And the subsequent proceedings interested him no more.... | |
 | Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - 1890 - 730 strani
...was fiddlededee. Now I hold it 's not the duty of a culinary gent To say his colleague is a Moke — at least to all intent ; Nor should the individual who happens to be meant Reply by chucking crockery to any great extent. Then Number Three Cook tried to raise an ill-done rôti, when... | |
 | 1906 - 562 strani
...though there are probably many others. In 'The Society upon the Stanislaus,' Bret Harte writes : — Then Abner Dean of Angel's raised a point of order...chunk of old red sandstone took him in the abdomen. Here scansion seoms to require the penultimate syllable of the last word to be short; but Truthful... | |
 | 1906 - 682 strani
...though there are probably many others. In 'The Society upon the Stanislaus,' Bret Harte writes :— Then Abner Dean of Angel's raised a point of order—...chunk of old red sandstone took him in the abdomen. Here scansion seems to require the penultimate syllable of the last word to be short; but Truthful... | |
 | 1871 - 798 strani
...family vault " ; and Truthful James continues : — " Now I hold it is not decent for a scientific gent To say another is an ass, — at least, to all intent : Nor should the individual who happens 10 be meant Reply by heaving rocks at him to any great extent. " Then Abner Dean of Angel's raised... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1873 - 586 strani
...its shining lights are irresistibly comic. Thus : " Now I hold it is not decent for a scientific gent To say another is an ass — at least to all intent...Reply by heaving rocks at him to any great extent." Nevertheless " Abner, Dean of Angel's, raised a point of order — when A chunk of old red sandstone... | |
 | 1873 - 618 strani
...its shining lights are irresistibly comic. Thus : " Now I hold it is not decent for a scientific gent To say another is an ass — at least to all intent...Reply by heaving rocks at him to any great extent." Nevertheless " Abner, Dean of Angel's, raised a point of order — when A chunk of old red sandstone... | |
 | 1870 - 522 strani
...several occasions he had cleaned out the town. Now I hold it is not decent for a scientific gent To sav another is an ass — at least to all intent ; Nor...chunk of old red sandstone took him in the abdomen : He smiled a kind of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor, And the subsequent proceedings interested... | |
 | John Mead Gould - 1871 - 910 strani
...Dean of Angel's, was just on the point of bringing himself into notice and making a great effort — " when, A chunk of old red sandstone Took him in the ab-do-men, And he smiled a sort of sickly smile, And curled up on the floor, And the subsequent jiroceedings Interested him no... | |
 | Bret Harte - 1872 - 410 strani
...on several occasions he had cleaned out the town. Now, I hold it is not decent for a scientific gent To say another is an ass, — at least, to all intent...by heaving rocks at him to any great extent. Then Abncr Dean of Angel's raised a point of order — when A chunk of old red sandstone took him in the... | |
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