The Writings of Douglas Jerrold: Mrs. Caudle's curtain lectures. The story of a feather. The sick giant and the doctor dwarf, 1852Bradbury and Evans, 1852 |
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answered asked beautiful Becky believe better blessed brought can't carried Caudle child comfort Countess course Cramp creature cried Crumpet Curlwell dare dear death don't door doubt exclaimed eyes face feathers feel felt Flamingo followed Gaptooth Gauntwolf Giant girl give hand happy head hear heard heart hope husband Inglewood it's Jack keep knew lady laugh leave Lintley live look lord Madame manner married matter mean mind Miss mother never nice night once passed Patty poor pounds pretty Prettyman seemed seen shilling sleep smile sort soul Spanneu speak suffered suppose sure sweet talk tell that's there's thing thought told took Traply turned voice watch what's widow wife wish woman wonder young
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Стр. 133 - We give thee hearty thanks, for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful world...
Стр. 159 - Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs, The cover of the wings of grasshoppers, <*> The traces of the smallest spider's web, The collars of the moonshine's watery...
Стр. 158 - Good night, good night ! parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say — good night, till it be morrow.
Стр. 12 - I'll go all the more. No : and I won't have a cab. Where do you think the money's to come from?
Стр. 158 - Thou know'st the mask of night is on my face, Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek For that which thou hast heard me speak to-night. Fain would I dwell on form, fain, fain deny What I have spoke: but farewell compliment! Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say 'Ay,' And I will take thy word: yet, if thou swear'st, Thou mayst prove false: at lovers' perjuries, They say, Jove laughs.
Стр. 34 - How do you know what they want ? How should a man know anything at all about it? And you won't give more than ten pounds ? Very well. Then you may go shopping with it yourself, and see what you'll make of it ! I'll have none of your ten pounds, I can tell you — no sir ! No ; you've no cause to say that.
Стр. 21 - Yes, it is worth talking of ! But that's how you always try to put me down. You fly into a rage, and then, if I only try to speak, you won't hear me. That's how you men always will have all the talk to yourselves: a poor woman isn't allowed to get a word in. A nice notion you have of a wife, to suppose she's nothing to think of but her husband's buttons.
Стр. 13 - I'm not going out a dowdy to please you or anybody else. Gracious knows, it isn't often that I step over the threshold; indeed, I might as well be a slave at once — better, I should say.
Стр. 33 - Now, Caudle, it's no use talking; those children shall not cross over the threshold next Sunday if they haven't things for the summer.
Стр. 22 - That's how you men always will have all the talk to yourselves: a poor woman is n't allowed to get a word in. A nice notion you have of a wife, to suppose she's nothing to think of but her husband's buttons. A pretty notion, indeed, you have of marriage. Ha! if poor women only knew what they had to go through! — what with buttons, and one thing and another, — they'd never tie themselves up, — no, not to the best man in the world, I'm sure.