 | Charles Dickens - 1871 - 590 pages
...which Mrs. Tope has left prepared for him, he still sits when his supper is finished. At length he rises, throws open the door of a corner cupboard,...scorer not committed, the scored debited with what is ngninst him. Hum; ha! A very small score this; a very poor score! " He sighs over the contemplation... | |
 | John Earle - 1871 - 644 pages
...following is from The Mystery of Edwin Drood, within a little of its abrupt termination : — • " I like," says Mr. Datchery, " the old tavern way of keeping scores. Illegible, except to the scorer . . . Hum ; ha ! A very small score this ; a very poor score I" He sighs over the contemplation of... | |
 | John Earle - 1873 - 736 pages
...twenty. The following is from The Mystery of Edwin Drood, within a little of its abrupt termination : — '"I like/' says Mr. Datchery, "the old tavern way of keeping scores. Illegible, except to the scorer . . . Hum; ha! A very small score this; » poor score !" He sighs over the contemplation of its poverty,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1874 - 598 pages
...which Mrs. Tope has left prepared for him, he still sits when his supper is finished. At length he rises, throws open the door of a corner cupboard,...to a few uncouth chalked strokes on its inner side. initted, the scored debited with what is against him. Hum ! ha! A very small score this ; a very poor... | |
 | 1878 - 588 pages
...learned little. Let us see what he himself has to say on this point. After his supper that evening he rises, throws open the door of a corner cupboard,...chalked strokes on its inner side. ' " I like," says he, " the old tavern way of keeping scores. Illegible except to the scorer. The scorer not committed,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1878 - 832 pages
...learned little. Let us see what he himself has to say on this point. After his supper Jhat evening he rises, throws open the door of a corner cupboard,...chalked strokes on its inner side. ' " I like," says he, " the old tavern way of keeping scores. Illegible except to the scorer. The scorer not committed,... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Braddon - 1878 - 542 pages
...learned little. Let us see what he himself has to say on this point. After his supper that evening he rises, throws open the door of a corner cupboard,...chalked strokes on its inner side. ' " I like," says he, " the old tavern way of keeping scores. Illegible except to the scorer. The scorer not committed,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1881 - 1026 pages
...which Mrs. Tope had left prepared for him, he still sits when his supper is finished. At length he rises, throws open the door of a corner cupboard, and refers to a few uncouth, chalked strokes on ita inner aide. " I like," says Mr. Datchery, " the old tavern way of keeping w.ores. Illegible, except... | |
 | Edward Clodd, Richard Anthony Proctor - 1883 - 382 pages
...learned little. Let us see what he himself has to say on this point. After his supper that evening he rises, throws open the door of a corner cupboard,...chalked strokes on its inner side. "'I like/ says he, 'the old tavern way of keeping scores. Illegible except to the scorer. The scorer not committed,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1884 - 990 pages
...which Mrs. lope has left prepared for him, he still sits when his supper is finished. At length he rises, throws open the door of a corner cupboard,...except to the scorer. "The scorer not committed, the scorer debited with what is against him. Hum; ha! A very small score this; a very poor score ! " He... | |
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At length he rises, throws open the door of a corner cupboard, and refers to a few uncouth chalked strokes on its inner side. "I like, 
