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Henry Esmond (1898) 189: Nothing more delighted the old lady than to fancy that mon cousin, the incorrigible young sinner, was abroad boxing the watch, or scouring St. Giles’s.at box the watch (v.) under box, v.2
Henry Esmond (1898) 189: Nothing more delighted the old lady than to fancy that mon cousin, the incorrigible young sinner, was abroad boxing the watch, or scouring St. Giles’s. Henry Esmond (1898) 342: You are one of the pack of Grubb Street scribblers that my friend Mr. Secretary hath laid by the heels.at Grub Street, adj.
Henry Esmond (1898) 272: If we had not met Joan, we should have met Kate, and adored her.at joan, n.
Henry Esmond 218: Polly loves a mug of ale, too, and laced with brandy, by Jove!at laced, adj.
Henry Esmond (1898) 40: You sneaking pigskin cobbler.at sneak, v.
Henry Esmond (1898) 330: And as for you, you want a woman to bring your slippers and cap, and to sit at your feet, and cry, ‘O caro! O bravo!’ whilst you read your Shakespeares and Miltons and stuff.at and stuff under stuff, n.
Henry Esmond (1898) 278: How am I to go trapesing to Kensington in my yellow satin sack before all the fine company?at trapes, v.
Henry Esmond (1898) 372: I abdicate the twopenny crown.at twopenny, adj.
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