 Captain C entered into" conversation with us in the most familiar manner, and treated the duke's character without any ceremony. " This wiseacre," said he, " is still a-bed ; and, I think, the best thing he can do is to sleep on till Christmas ; for,...  Humphry Clinker. With illustr. by Phiz - Page 67by Tobias George Smollett - 1857Full view - About this book
 | Civil rights - 1795 - 432 pages
...only a Roman Catholic, but really a priest, and while he pretends to disclose to our state, pilots all the springs that move the cabinet of- Versailles,...intelligence for the service of the French minister. Be tha: as it may, captain C— entered into conversation with us in the most familiar manner, and treated... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1820 - 280 pages
...only a Roman-catholic, but really a priest; and while he pretends to disclose to our state - pilots all the springs that move the cabinet of Versailles,...is to sleep on till Christmas; for when he gets up, he does nothing but expose his own folly.— Since Granville was turned out, there has been no minister... | |
 | English literature - 1820 - 280 pages
...only a Roman-catholic, but really a priest; and while he pretends to disclose to our state -pilois all the springs that move the cabinet of Versailles,...duke's character without any ceremony. This wiseacre, sai;l he, is still a-bed ; and, I think, the best thing he can do, is to sleep on till Christmas; for... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett - 1824 - 374 pages
...only a roman catholic, but really a priest; and, while he pretends to disclose to our state pilots all the springs that move the cabinet of Versailles,...to sleep on till Christmas ; for, when he gets up, he does nothing but expose his own folly. Since Grenville was turned out, there has been no minister... | |
 | Tobias Smollett, Thomas Roscoe - Great Britain - 1831 - 472 pages
...an air of self-sufficiency, as may very well impose on some of the shallow politicians who now labor at the helm of administration. But, if he is not belied,...to sleep on till Christmas ; for when he gets up, he does nothing but expose his own folly. Since Grenville was turned out, there has been no minister... | |
 | Tobias George Smollett, Sir Walter Scott - 1835 - 558 pages
...administration. But, if he is not belied, this is not the only imposture of which he is guilty. The v say he is at bottom not only a Roman Catholic, but...of the French minister. Be that as it may, Captain С entered into conversation with us in the most familiar manner, and treated the duke's character... | |
 | Francis Parkman - United States - 1884 - 564 pages
...story, which, founded in fact or not, shows in what estimation the minister was held : " Captain C. treated the Duke's character without any ceremony....is to sleep on till Christmas ; for when he gets up he does nothing but expose his own folly. In the beginning of the war he told me in a great fright... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1884 - 590 pages
...story, which, founded in fact or not, shows in what estimation the minister was held : " Captain C. treated the Duke's character without any ceremony....is to sleep on till Christmas ; for when he gets up he does nothing but expose his own folly. In the beginning of the war he told me in a great fright... | |
 | Francis Parkman - United States - 1897 - 586 pages
...story, which, founded in fact or not, shows in what estimation the minister was held : "Captain C. treated the Duke's character without any ceremony....is to sleep on till Christmas ; for when he gets up he does nothing but expose his own folly. In the beginning of the war he told me in a great fright... | |
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