 padlock), and slowly put it into my shirt. " Thank you, aunt," said I, with admirable raillery. "I shall always value this present for the sake of you, who gave it me; and it will recall to me my uncle, and my thirteen aunts in Ireland." "I don't want...  Miscellanies: Prose and Verse - Page 330by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1866Full view - About this book
 | 1841 - 780 pages
...mind a little, I took the locket out of the paper (the locket, indeed ! it was as big as a barn-door padlock), and slowly put it into my shirt. " Thank you, aunt," said I, with admirable raillery. " 1 shall always value this present for the sake of you, who gave it me; and it will recall to me my... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1849 - 364 pages
...mind a little, I took the locket out of the paper (the locket, indeed! it was as big as a barn-door padlock), and slowly put it into my shirt. "Thank..."I don't want you to wear it in that way!" shrieked Mrs. Hoggarty, "with the hair of those odious carroty women. You must have their hair removed." "Then... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1857 - 146 pages
...little, I took the locket out of the bit of paper (the locket, indeed! it was as big as a barn-door padlock), and slowly put it into my shirt. " Thank...I don't want you to wear it in that way!" shrieked Mrs. Hoggarty, " with the hair of those odious carroty women. You must have their hair removed." "... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1868 - 458 pages
...little, I took the locket out of the bit of paper (the locket indeed ! it was as big as a barndoor padlock), and slowly put it into my shirt. " Thank...I don't want you to wear it in that way!" shrieked Mrs. Hoggarty, " with the hair of those odious carroty women. You must have their hair removed." "... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1869 - 470 pages
...little, I took the locket out of the bit of paper (the locket indeed ! it was as big as a barndoor padlock), and slowly put it into my shirt. " Thank...don't want you to wear it in that way !" shrieked Mrs. Hoggarty, " with the hair of those odi9us carroty women. You must have their hair removed." "... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - 658 pages
...little, I took the locket out of the bit of paper (the locket indeed ! it was as big as a barn-door padlock), and slowly put it into my shirt. " Thank...to me my uncle, and my thirteen aunts in Ireland." " Then the locket will be spoiled, aunt." " Well, sir, never mind the locket; have it set afresh."... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English fiction - 1878 - 422 pages
...little, I took the locket out of the bit of paper (the locket indeed ! it was as big as a barndoor padlock), and slowly put it into my shirt. " Thank...don't want you to wear it in that way ! " shrieked Mrs. Hoggarty, " with the hair of those odious carroty women. You must have their hair removed." "... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1879 - 352 pages
...little, I took the locket out of the bit of paper (the locket indeed ! it was as big as a barndoor padlock), and slowly put it into my shirt. " Thank...don't want you to wear it in that way !" shrieked Mrs. Hoggarty, " with the hair of those odious carroty women. You must have their hair removed." "... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1884 - 418 pages
...a little, I took the locket out of the bit of paper (the locket indeed! it was as big as a barndoor padlock), and slowly put it into my shirt. " Thank...don't want you to wear it in that way! " shrieked Mrs. Hoggarty, "with the hair of those odious carroty women. You must have their hair removed." " Then... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Chance - 1887 - 328 pages
...little, I took the locket out of the bit of paper (the locket indeed ! it was as big as a barndoor padlock), and slowly put it into my shirt. "Thank..."I don't want you to wear it in that way!" shrieked Mrs. Hoggarty, " with the hair of those odious carroty women. You must have their hair removed." "Then... | |
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