Go draw the cork, tip the decanter; but, when your great toe shall set you a-roaring, it will be no affair of mine. If gentlemen love the pleasant titillation of the gout, it is all one to the Town Pump. This thirsty dog, with his red tongue lolling out,... Twice-told tales - Page 123by Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1902Full view - About this book
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - Periodicals - 1837 - 644 pages
...much as thanking me, as if my hospitable offers were meant only for people, who have no wine-cellars. Well, well, sir— no harm done, I hope ! Go draw...the decanter: but, when your great toe shall set you a roaring, it will be no affair of mine. If gentlemen love the pleasant titillation of the gout, it... | |
| 1837 - 682 pages
...much as thanking me, as if my hospitable offers were meant only for people, who have no wine-cellars. Well, well, sir— no harm done, I hope ! Go draw the cork, lip the decanter : hut, when your great toe shall set you a roaring, it will be no affair of mine.... | |
| George Merriam - Reader (Elementary) - 1841 - 308 pages
...lightly he capers away again! Jowler, did your worship aver have the gout? 10. Well, well, sir—no harm done, I hope! Go draw the cork, tip the decanter;...the Town Pump. This thirsty dog, with his red tongue stream of eloquence, and spout forth a stream of water, to replenish the trough for this teamster and... | |
| William Horsell - 1845 - 262 pages
...much as thanking me, as if my hospitable offers were only meant for people who have no winecellars. Well, well, sir, no harm done, I hope ! Go, draw the cork, tip the decanter ; hut when your great toe shall set you a-roaring, it will he no affair of mine. If gentlemen love... | |
| Baptists - 1744 - 596 pages
...afraid of breaking them. What ! he limps by without so much as thanking me, as if my hospitable oifers were meant only for people who have no wine cellars....no affair of mine. If gentlemen love the pleasant titilation of the gout, it is all one to the town pump. This thirsty dog, with his red tongue lolling... | |
| 1848 - 1292 pages
...were only meaut fur people who have no winecellars. Well, well, sir, no harm done I hope ! Go. draff the cork, tip the decanter; but when your great toe shall set.. you a-roaring. it will be no all'air of mine. It' gentlemen lore the pleasant titillntion of the gout, it. is all one to the Town... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1849 - 348 pages
...as thanking me, as if mt hospitable offers were meant only for people who have no winecellars. 10. Well, well, sir, no harm done, I hope ! Go, draw the...the decanter; but -when your great toe shall set you a roaring, it will be no affair of mine. If gentlemen love the pleasant titillation of the gout, it... | |
| Samuel Dunn - 1849 - 1194 pages
...much as thanking me, as if my hospitable offers were meant only for people who have no wine-cellars. Well, well, sir, no harm done, I hope. Go, draw the cork, tap the decanter ; but when your great toe shall set you a roaring, it will be no affair of mine. If... | |
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Readers - 1852 - 250 pages
...were meant only for people who have no wine cellars. Well, well, sir — no harm done, I hope ! 11. Go, draw the cork, tip the decanter ; but when your great toe shall set you a roaring, it will be no affair of mine. If gentlemen" love the pleasant titillation of the gout, it... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 350 pages
...done, I hope ! Go, draw the cork, tip the decanter ; but when your great toe shall set you a roaring, it will be no affair of mine. If gentlemen love the...the Town Pump. This thirsty dog, with his red tongue tolling out, does not scorn my hospitality, but stands on his hind legs, and laps eagerly out of the... | |
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