Doctor Thorne: A Novel, Volume 2Chapman & Hall, 1858 - 520 pages |
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Page 161 - O WHISTLE, and I'll come to you, my lad ; O whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad : Tho' father and mither and a' should gae mad, O whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad. But warily tent, when ye come to court me, And come na unless the back-yett be a-jee ; Syne up the back-stile, and let naebody see, And come as ye were na comin to me.
Page 11 - He was very willing that the Queen should be queen so long as he was allowed to be Duke of Omnium. Nor had he begrudged Prince Albert any of his honours till he was called Prince Consort. Then, indeed, he had, to his own intimate friends, made some remark in three words not flattering to the discretion of the prime minister. The Queen might be queen so long as he was Duke of Omnium. Their revenues were about the same, with the exception, that the duke's were his own, and he could do what he liked...
Page 97 - Bolus ; you especially should do so, as he is such a dear friend of Dr. Thorne.' ' A dear friend of Dr. Thorne.' ' Tes ; he was apothecary at Scarington in the old days, before Dr. Fillgrave came into vogue. I remember when Bolus was thought to be a very good sort of a doctor.' 'Is he — is he — ' whispered Frank, 'is he by way of a gentleman ?' ' Ha ! ha ! ha ! Well, I suppose we must be charitable, and say that he is quite as good, at any rate, as many others there are here — ' and Mr. Athill,...
Page 12 - This remembrance did not uufrequently present itself to the duke's mind. In person, he was a plain, thin man, tall, but undistinguished in appearance, except that there was a gleam of pride in his eye which seemed every moment to be saying,
Page 34 - THE ELECTION. AND now the important day of the election had arrived, and some men's hearts beat quickly enough. To be or not to be a member of the British parliament is a question of very considerable moment in a man's mind.
Page 102 - I never see more of him than that.' ' 1 shall go away,' said Frank. ' Nonsense. Mr. de Courcy and your other friend won't stir for this hour yet.' ' I don't care. I shall walk on, and they may catch me. I may be wrong ; but it seems to me that a man insults me when he asks me to dine with him and never speaks to me. I don't care if he be ten times Duke of Omnium; he can't be more than a gentleman, and as such I am his equal.