 ... sad accident, Mr. Higgs and I learnt by heart, as a warning to our young friends. But, somehow, we never, though we took a world of pains, could remember more than the first two or three lines — for we are too old to begin our schooling over...  Romance and Reality - Side 143af Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1832Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1837 - 604 sider
...be sure, you may have something to talk about — parish, as we say, — in which case I'm off — a nod 's as good as a wink to a blind horse." " But you are not a blind horse," said Tom, looking at her with a perfect consciousness that the expression... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1831 - 348 sider
...or three lines — for we are too old to begin our schooling over again, and we were neither of us any great shakes at book learning — but two lines will do for an example — a nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse." So saying, Mrs. Higgs repeated the following lines in a... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1832 - 260 sider
...we are too old to begin our schooling over agan, and we were neither of us any great shakes at nook learning — but two lines will do for an example...Sunday school tone: — '' Ay, let the vild vinds vhistle o'er the deck, So that them arms cling closer round my neck ; The deepest murmur of this mouth... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1832 - 512 sider
...we are too old to begin our schooling over agan, and we were neither of us any great shakes atbook learning — but two lines will do for an example...lines in a most Sunday school tone : — "Ay, let the vfld vinds vhietle o'er the deck, So that them arms cling closer round my neck : The deepest murmur... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1838 - 932 sider
...bumper, looked significantly at her husband, and then said, with a chuckling laugh, " Tush ! child ! a nod 's as good as a wink to a blind horse. I did not expect you and he would have come to an understanding so rapidly, but I will bet a guinea... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1842 - 490 sider
...with impatience to liave it out again. But you 're a dutiful son , so I 'll say no more about it — a nod 's as good as a wink to a blind horse. "When your mother goes, which, with the blessing of God, will be in a very little while , seeing that... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1850 - 1088 sider
...or three lines — for we are too old to begin our schooling over again, and we were neither of us any great shakes at book learning — but two lines will do for an example — a nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse." So saying, Mrs. Higgs repeated the following lines in a... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1852 - 532 sider
...or three lines — for we are too old to begin our schooling over again, and we were neither of us any great shakes at book learning — but two lines will do for an example — a nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse." So saying, Mrs. Higgs repeated the following lines in a... | |
 | Samuel Warren - 1889 - 542 sider
...I beg, my dear Mr. Titmouse " " There 'sa lady in the case — not that she 's said anything ; but a nod 's as good as a wink to a blind horse — eh 1 Mr. Gammon ? " "I should think so — Miss Tag-rag will have money, of course 1 " " You 've... | |
 | Samuel Warren - 1889 - 546 sider
...I beg, my dear Mr. Titmouse " " There 'sa lady in the case — not that she 's said anything ; but a nod 's as good as a wink to a blind horse — eh ] Mr. Gammon 1 " "I should think so — Miss Tag-rag will have money, of course 1 " " You 've... | |
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