 porter, who had advanced every shilling to his master, and was now, with ten children, houseless and penniless in his old age. Captain Sparr was in this neighbourhood, but by no means so friendly disposed ; for while Gates touched his hat, as if I had...  Miscellanies: Prose and Verse - Page 392by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1866Full view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1849 - 364 pages
...the crowd in the rooms, and my heart bled as I saw, amongst a score of others, poor Gates, Brough's porter, who had advanced every shilling to his master,...lord, the little captain came forward threatening with his bamboo-cane, and swearing with great oaths that I was an accomplice of Brough. " Curse you for... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1857 - 146 pages
...the crowd in the rooms, and my heart bled as I saw, amongst a score of others, poor Gates, Brough's porter, who had advanced every shilling to his master,...lord, the little captain came forward threatening with his bamboocane, and swearing with great oaths that I was an accomplice of Brough. " Curse you for a... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1868 - 458 pages
...the crowd in the rooms, and my heart bled as I saw, amongst a score of others, poor Gates, Brough's porter, who had advanced every shilling to his master,...lord, the little captain came forward threatening with his bamboo-cane, and swearing with great oaths that I was an accomplice of Brough. " Curse you for... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1869 - 470 pages
...the crowd in the rooms, and my heart bled as I saw, amongst a score of others, poor Gates, Brough's porter, who had advanced every shilling to his master,...lord, the little captain came forward threatening with his bamboo-cane, and swearing with great oaths that I was an accomplice of Brough. " Curse you for... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - 658 pages
...the crowd in the rooms, and my heart bled as I saw, amongst a score of others, poor Gates, Brough's porter, who had advanced every shilling to his master,...lord, the little captain came forward threatening with his bamboo-cane, and swearing with great oaths that I was an accomplice of Brough. " Curse you for... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English fiction - 1878 - 422 pages
...the crowd in the rooms, and my heart bled as I saw, amongst a score of others, poor Gates, Brough's porter, who had advanced every shilling to his master,...lord, the little captain came forward threatening with his bamboo-cane, and swearing with great oaths that I was an accomplice of Brough. " Curse you for... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1879 - 352 pages
...the crowd in the rooms, and my heart bled as I saw, amongst a score of others, poor Gates, Brough's porter, who had advanced every shilling to his master,...by no means so friendly disposed ; for while Gates toucned his hat, as if I had been a lord, the little captain came fonvard threatening with his bamboo-cane,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1884 - 418 pages
...the crowd in the rooms, and my heart bled as I saw, amongst a score of others, poor Gates, Brough's porter, who had advanced every shilling to his master,...lord, the little Captain came forward threatening with his bamboo-cane and swearing with great oaths that I was an accomplice of Brough. "Curse you for a... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Chance - 1887 - 328 pages
...the crowd in the rooms, and my heart bled as I saw, amongst a score of others, poor Gates, Brough's porter, who had advanced every shilling to his master,...lord, the little Captain came forward threatening with his bamboo-cane and swearing with great oaths that I was an accomplice of Brough. " Curse you for a... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1889 - 550 pages
...the crowd in the rooms, and my heart bled as I saw amongst a score of others, poor Gates, Brough's porter, who had advanced every shilling to his master,...penniless in his old age. Captain Sparr was in this neighborhood, but by no means so friendly disposed ; for while Gates touched his hat, as if I had been... | |
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