 | Selina Bunbury - 1853 - Страниц: 404
...colours—to beat every craftsman in the cunning of his own calling—to get at the heart of every maid's ami matron's secret. The book before us will be read and...over. Its quaint and racy dialect will please some readers—its abundance of yarns -will amuse others. There is something in these two volumes to suit... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1853 - Страниц: 606
...to turn tables or to mystify man, our hero always manages to come off with Hying colors — to beat every craftsman in the cunning of his own calling...get at the heart of every maid's and matron's secret — to answer a fool according to his folly, and a gentleman with a gentility which has a feather more... | |
 | Margaret Oliphant Oliphant - 1854 - Страниц: 342
...turn tables or to mystify man — our hero always manages to come off with flying colours — to beat every craftsman in the cunning of his own calling...will please some readers — its abundance of yarns Trill amuse others. There is something in the volumes to suit readers of every humour." — Athenaum.... | |
 | Frances Milton Trollope - 1854 - Страниц: 338
...turn tables or to mystify man — our hero alwav manages to come off with flying colours — to beat every craftsman in the cunning of his own calling...will be read and laughed over. Its quaint and racy dialec; will please some readers — its abundance of yarns will amuse others. There ii something in... | |
 | Noell Radecliffe - 1854 - Страниц: 326
...manages to come off with flying colours—to beat every craftsman in the cunning of his own calling—to get at the heart of every maid's and matron's secret....over. Its quaint and racy dialect will please some readers—its abundance of yarns will amuse others. There is something in the volumes to suit readers... | |
 | lady Emily Charlotte M. Ponsonby - 1854 - Страниц: 338
...manages to come off with flying colours—to beat every craftsman in the cunning of his own calling—to get at the heart of every maid's and matron's secret....over. Its quaint and racy dialect will please some readers—its abundance of yarns will amuse others. There is something in the volumes to suit readers... | |
 | Robert Elwes - 1854 - Страниц: 626
...turn tables or to mystify man — our hero always manages to come off with flying colours — to beat every craftsman in the cunning of his own calling...matron's secret. The book before us will be read and langhed over. Its quaint and racy dialect will please some readers — its abundance of yarns will... | |
 | Clara Walbey - 1854 - Страниц: 336
...manages to come off with flying colours—to beat every craftsman in the cunning of his own calling—to get at the heart of every maid's and matron's secret....over. Its quaint and racy dialect will please some readers—its abundance of yarns will amuse others. There is something in the volumes to suit readers... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1854 - Страниц: 510
...turn tables or to mystify man— our hero always manages to come off with flying colours — to bsat every craftsman in the cunning of his own calling—...maid's and matron's secret. The book before us will he read and laughed over. Its quaint and racy dialect will please some readers — its abundance of... | |
 | Georgiana Anne Dalrymple - 1854 - Страниц: 362
...off with flying colours—to beat every craftsman in the cunning of his own calling—to get at tlie heart of every maid's and matron's secret. The book...over. Its quaint and racy dialect will please some readers—its abundance of yarns will amuse others. There is something in the volumes to suit readers... | |
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The humour of Sam Slick is inexhaustible. He is ever and everywhere a welcome visitor ; smiles greet his approach, and wit and wisdom hang upon his tongue. 
