 | John Boynton Priestley - English essays - 1925 - 328 pages
...regions, " sir," I said, " may I offer you a glass of brandy-and-water ? " " Bedad, ye may," says 219 he, " and I'll sing ye a song tu." Of course he spoke...account, whereon his name was written. A few months after we read of him in a police court. How had I come to know him, to divine him ? Nothing shall convince... | |
 | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Arthur Quiller-Couch - English fiction - 1925 - 256 pages
...I offer you a glass of brandy-and-water ?" "Bedad, ye may" says he, " and I'll sing ye a song /«." Of course he spoke with an Irish brogue. Of course...army agent's account, whereon his name was written. A.few months later we read of him in a police court. How had I come to know him, to divine him? Nothing... | |
 | Lewis Saul Benjamin - 1928 - 534 pages
...met in unknown regions, "Sir," I said, "may I offer you a glass of brandy-and-water ? " " Bedad, ye may," says he, "and I'll sing ye a song, tu!" Of course,...account, whereon his name was written. A few months after we read of him in a police court. 1 While "Pendennis," as has been said, is frequently autobiographical,... | |
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may I offer you a glass of brandy-and-water? " "Bedad, ye may," says he, "and I'll sing ye a song tu. 
