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Page 421
... Blackletter with a very ordinary understanding , has undertaken a task rather above his capacity , and in his zeal ... Blackletter , you are just come from college . QUIZ . Yes , Sir . Sir CH . Ah , Mr. Blackletter , I once loved the ...
... Blackletter with a very ordinary understanding , has undertaken a task rather above his capacity , and in his zeal ... Blackletter , you are just come from college . QUIZ . Yes , Sir . Sir CH . Ah , Mr. Blackletter , I once loved the ...
Page 422
... Blackletter , he is wonderfully changed . QUIZ . And a lucky change for him . - What , I suppose he was once a wild young fellow ? Sir CH . No , Sir , you dont understand me , or I dont you - I tell you , he neglects his studies , and ...
... Blackletter , he is wonderfully changed . QUIZ . And a lucky change for him . - What , I suppose he was once a wild young fellow ? Sir CH . No , Sir , you dont understand me , or I dont you - I tell you , he neglects his studies , and ...
Page 423
... Blackletter . Quiz . Oh , yes , Sir , perfectly , have ' em at my finger ends . ( aside ) Devil a one did I ever hear of in my life . Sir CH . How sweetly the first of them begins . QUIZ . Very sweetly , indeed , Sir . ( aside ) Damn ...
... Blackletter . Quiz . Oh , yes , Sir , perfectly , have ' em at my finger ends . ( aside ) Devil a one did I ever hear of in my life . Sir CH . How sweetly the first of them begins . QUIZ . Very sweetly , indeed , Sir . ( aside ) Damn ...
Page 424
... Blackletter , I have been trying a long time to remember the name of one of Achilles ' horses , but can't for my life , think of it you doubtless can tell me . QUIZ . O yes , his name was- -but which of them do you mean ? -what was he ...
... Blackletter , I have been trying a long time to remember the name of one of Achilles ' horses , but can't for my life , think of it you doubtless can tell me . QUIZ . O yes , his name was- -but which of them do you mean ? -what was he ...
Page 425
Sir CH . You seem at times a little absent , Mr. Blackletter . QUIZ . Zounds - I wish I was absent altogether . Sir ... Black- letter . QUIZ . ( aside ) What a cursed blunder . ( to him ) Oh no Sir - that letter is from a female cousin ...
Sir CH . You seem at times a little absent , Mr. Blackletter . QUIZ . Zounds - I wish I was absent altogether . Sir ... Black- letter . QUIZ . ( aside ) What a cursed blunder . ( to him ) Oh no Sir - that letter is from a female cousin ...
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