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" My dear ! I am going away for a few days to Brighton. Here are all the keys of the house. You may open every door and closet, except the one at the end of the oak-room opposite the fireplace, with the little bronze Shakspeare on the mantelpiece (or what... "
The Cornhill Magazine - Page 612
edited by - 1861
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 23

Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - Literature - 1861 - 884 pages
...go and say to my wife, "My dear! I am going away for a few days. Here are all the keys of the house. You may open every door and closet, except the one...oak-room opposite the fire-place, with the little bronze Shakspcare on the mantlepiece (or what not)." I don't say this to a woman — nnless, to be sure, I...
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Roundabout papers

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1863 - 316 pages
...my wife, " My dear, I am going away for a few days to Brighton. Here are all the keys of the house. You may open every door and closet except the one...fire-place, with the little bronze Shakspeare on the mantle-piece (or what not)." I don't say this to a woman—unless, to be sure, I want to get rid of...
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Roundabout Papers

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1863 - 418 pages
...my wife, " My dear, I am going away for a few days to Brighton. Here are all the keys of the house. You may open every door and closet except the one...fire-place, with the little bronze Shakspeare on the mantle-piece (or what not)." I don't say this to a woman—unless, to be sure, I want to get rid of...
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The Oxford Thackeray: With Illustrations, Issue 76, Volume 17

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1829 - 754 pages
...my wife, ' My dear ! I am going away for a few days to Brighton. Here are all the keys of the house. You may open every door and closet, except the one...oak-room opposite the fireplace, with the little bronze Shakespeare on the mantelpiece (or what not).' I don't say this to a woman — unless, to be sure,...
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THE WORKS OF WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

S.E.H. CHAMBERS - 1869 - 452 pages
...my wife, " My dear! I am going away for a few days to Brighton. Here are all the keys of the house. You may open every door and closet, except the one...mantelpiece (or what not)." I don't say this to a woman—unless, to be sure, I want to get rid of her —because, after such a caution, I know she'll...
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The works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume 20

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 444 pages
...my wife, " My dear! I am going away for a few days to Brighton. Here are all the keys of the house. You may open every door and closet, except the one...mantelpiece (or what not)." I don't say this to a woman—unless, to be sure, I want to get rid of her —because, after such a caution, I know she'll...
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Miscellanies...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 pages
...my wife, " My dear ! I am going away for a few days to Brighton. Here are all the keys of the house. You may open every door and closet, except the one...fire-place, with the little bronze Shakspeare on the mantelpieee (or what not)." I don't say this to a woman — unless, to be sure, I want to get rid of...
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Complete Works, Volume 5

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 390 pages
...except the one at the end of the oak-room opposite the fireplace, with the little bronze Shakespeare on the mantel-piece (or what not)." I don't say this...— unless, to be sure. I want to get rid of her— becanse, after such a cantion, I know she'll peep into the closet. I say nothing about the closet at...
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Complete Works, Volume 8

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 878 pages
...my wife, >% My dear! I am going away for a few days to Brighton. Here are all the keys of the house. You may open every door and closet, except the one...oak-room opposite the fireplace, with the little bronze Shakespeare on the mantel-piece (or whatnot)." I don't say this to a woman — unless, to be sure,...
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Roundabout Papers: To which is Added The Second Funeral of Napoleon ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1882 - 874 pages
...for a few days to Brighton. Here are all the keys of the house. You may open every door and elosetf except the one at the end of the oak-room opposite the fireplace, with the little bronze Shakespeare on the mantel-piece (or what not) ." I don't say this to a woman — unless, to be sure,...
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