 ... were here smoking and drinking, and vociferously applauding the songs; young university bucks were to be found here, too, with that indescribable genteel simper which is only learned at the knees of Alma Mater; — and handsome young guardsmen, and...  The History of Pendennis - Seite 312von William Makepeace Thackeray - 1850 - 392 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1902 - 896 Seiten
...the knees of Alma Mater ; and handsome young Guardsmen, and florid bucks from the St. James's Street clubs — nay, senators, English and Irish, and even members of the House of Peers.' There were men, we knew, who had assisted at these revels — men who numbered Mr. Hoolan and Mr. Doolan... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 876 Seiten
...knees of Alma Mater; — and handsome young guardsmen, and florid bucks from the St. James's street Clubs ; — nay, senators English and Irish : and even members of the House of Peel's. The bass singer had made an immense hit with his song of " The Body Snatcher," and the town... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 850 Seiten
...knees of Alma Mater ; — and handsome young guardsmen, ami florid bucks from the St. James's Street Clubs ; — nay, senators English and Irish — and...curtain drew aside, and Mr. Hodgen appeared in the diameter of the Snatcher, sitting on a coffin, with a flask of gin before him, with a spade, and a... | |
 | Lewis Saul Benjamin - 1899 - 376 Seiten
...the knees of Alma Mater ; and handsome young guardsmen and florid bucks from the St. James's Street clubs ; nay ! senators — English and Irish — and even members of the House of Peers." But more famous than either of the last-mentioned places, and more congenial to Thackeray, was Evans's... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1905 - 846 Seiten
...knees of Alma Mater ; — and handsome young guardsmen, and florid bucks from the St. James's Street Clubs; — nay, senators English and Irish — and even members of the House of Peers. The boss singer had made an immense hit with his song of "The Body Snatcher," and the town rushed to listen... | |
 | Lewis Saul Benjamin - 1905 - 344 Seiten
...the knees of Alma Mater ; and handsome young guardsmen and florid bucks from the St James's Street clubs ; nay ! senators — English and Irish — and even members of the House of Peers." The most famous of all these taverns that were links between the old coffee-houses of Addison's time —... | |
 | Laura Hain Friswell - 1906 - 354 Seiten
...the knees of Alma Mater ; and handsome young guardsmen, and florid bucks from the St. James's Street Clubs ; — nay, senators English and Irish — and even members of the House of Peers." All these different people came to hear a singer whom Thackeray calls Mr. Hodgen, whose song, called... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1850 - 1052 Seiten
...the House of Peers. The bass singer had made an immense hit with his song of ' The Body-Snatcher,' and the town rushed to listen to it. A curtain drew...before him, with a spade, and a candle stuck in a PENDENNIS O skull. The song was sung with a really admirable terrific humour. The singer's voice went... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1849 - 1058 Seiten
...knees of Alma Mater ; — and handsome young guardsmen, and florid bucks from the St. James's Street clubs ; — nay, senators English and Irish : and...singer had made an immense hit with his song of ' The Body-Snatcher,' and the town rushed to listen to it. A curtain drew aside, and Mr. Hodgen appeared... | |
 | 1911 - 982 Seiten
...Mater; —and handsome young guardsmen, and florid bucks from the St. James's Street clubs;—nay, senators English and Irish; and even members of the House of Peers. At these places, over his gin and water, Thackeray listened to the songs that in the early days, when... | |
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