 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 448 Seiten
...had rather be an under turnkey in Niwgute! I was up early and late: I was brow-beat_by the mist r, hated for my ugly face by the mistress, worried by the • boys within, and never permitted to stir out to meet civility abroad. But are you sure you are fit for a... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 546 Seiten
...been an usher at a boardingschool myself; and may I die by an anodyne necklace, but I had rather be an under-turnkey in Newgate. I was up early and late:...my ugly face by the mistress, worried by the boys within, and never permitted to stir out to meet civility abroad. But are you sure you are fit for a... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1858 - 336 Seiten
...at a boarding-school myself; and may I die by an anodyne necklace but I had rather be under turnkey in Newgate. I was up early and late ; I was browbeat...my ugly face by the mistress, worried by the boys 1.— E within, and never permitted to stir out to receive civility abroad. But are you sure you are... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1859 - 618 Seiten
...an usher to a boarding-school myself; and may I die by an anodyne necklace, but I had rather be an under-turnkey in Newgate! I was up early and late...my ugly face by the mistress, worried by the boys within, and never permitted to stir out to mcet eivility abroad. But are you sure you are fit for a... | |
 | John Timbs - 1862 - 424 Seiten
...of Wakejield, where he says : " I have been an usher in a boarding-school myself, and may I die of an anodyne necklace, but I had rather be under-turnkey...ugly face by the mistress, worried by the boys."* Once, he was touched to the quick by a piece of schoolboy pertness : " When amusing his young companions... | |
 | John Timbs - 1862 - 422 Seiten
...says : " I have been an usher in a boarding-school myself, and may I die of an anodyne necklace, but 1 had rather be under-turnkey in Newgate. I was up early...ugly face by the mistress, worried by the boys."* Once, he was touched to the quick by a piece of schoolboy pertness : " When amusing his young companions... | |
 | John Forster - 1863 - 524 Seiten
...then cannot avoid joining in the laugh, and the poor wretch, " eternally resenting this ill-usage, lives in a state of war with all "the family. This...distinction in the church, was a Peckham scholar, and the story is told as it was received from one of the sons. " When amusing his younger " companions... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1864 - 464 Seiten
...will by no means do for a school. I have been an usher in a boarding-school myself, and may I die of an anodyne necklace, but I had rather be under-turnkey...my ugly face by the mistress, worried by the boys." Goldsmith remained but a short time in this situation, and to the mortifications experienced there... | |
 | James Beattie, Oliver Goldsmith - 1864 - 540 Seiten
...Goldsmith found it, for he writes, "I have been an usher in a boarding-school myself, and may I die of an anodyne necklace, but I had rather be under-turnkey...my ugly face by the mistress, worried by the boys." Elsewhere he thus recounts the hardships of an usher's life : — " He is generally the laughing-stock... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1864 - 436 Seiten
...an usher at a boarding-school myself; and may I die by an anodyne necklace, but I had rather be an under-turnkey in Newgate. I was up early and late....my ugly face by the mistress, worried by the boys within, and never permitted to stir out to meet civility abroad. But are you sure you are fit for a... | |
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I had rather be an under-turnkey in Newgate. I was up early and late ; I was browbeat by the master, hated for my ugly face by the mistress, worried by the boys... 
