...mouse trap, so clownish, so awkward, and so stupid; and so he remained, and got promoted in his turn; but I must do him the justice to say that he was (what some others equally stupid were not) harmless. • A method by which many a numskull acquires...

...identify through its engraved crest ; or else some thief or another would make a plant on me to rob me. .1 saw how clumsily the matter was done, and I began...then it gives me occupation and life, sir — life." " You live in a fashionable quarter, Mr. Forster. Did I not hear you say Queen Anne-street ?" " Yes,...

...upon them, and people wondered. Ah ! you don't know how little cleverness there is in the world. It 's beat out thin, like gold leaf, sir, — a very little...then it gives me occupation and life, sir — life." " You live in a fashionable quarter, Mr Forster. Did I not hear you say Queen Anne Street ? " " Yes,...

...more like you would bring the millennium. " Gilbert Hearn was dreadfully taken aback by the letter ; but I must do him the justice to say that he was much touched by it too, for he called me again into the parlor, and I saw that he was much moved. He...

...His Majesty had agreed to the subsidy asked by mr Flemming, which gave him a great deal of pleasure; but I must do him the justice to say that he was downright angry, when he heard that the court of Saxony was so unreasonable, as to make any difficulty...

...Freeland had many of the faults peculiar to slaveholders, such as being very passionate and fretful; but I must do him the justice to say, that he was exceedingly free from those degrading vices to which Mr. Covey was constantly addicted. The one was...

...Freeland had many of the faults peculiar to slaveholders, such as being very passionate and fretful; but I must do him the justice to say, that he was exceedingly free from those degrading vices to which Mr. Covey was constantly addicted. The one was...

...Freeland had many of the faults peculiar to slaveholders, such as being very passionate and fretful; but I must do him the justice to say, that he was exceedingly free from those degrading vices to which Mr. Covey was constantly addicted. The one was...

...Freeland had many of the faults peculiar to slaveholders, such as being very passionate and fretful; but I must do him the justice to say, that he was exceedingly free from those degrading vices to which Mr. Covey was constantly addicted. The one was...

...Freeland had many of the faults peculiar to slaveholders, such as being very passionate and fretful; but I must do him the justice to say, that he was exceedingly free from those degrading vices to which Mr. Covey was constantly addicted. The one was...