 I made him a present of - the whole cake! I walked on a little, buoyed up as one is on such occasions with a sweet soothing of self-satisfaction; but before I had got to the end of the bridge my better feelings returned, and I burst into tears, thinking...  English Prose: From Maundevile to Thackeray - Page 298edited by - 1888 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Lamb - 1879 - 732 pages
...self-denial, and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy-like, I made him a present of — the whole cake! I fe. I sometimes wish to introduce a religious turn...habits are strong things, and my religious fervours 1 had got to the end of the bridge, my better feelings returned, and I burst into tears, thinking how... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1880 - 694 pages
...the very coxcombry of charity, school-boy-like, I made him a 220 present of — the whole cake ! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions, with a sweet soothing of self-satisLITERARY ANALYSIS. — 194. He ... hanquets. Explain. 196-211. In paragraph 17 how does the... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1881 - 472 pages
...smoking plum-cake fresh from the oven. Li my way to school (it was over London bridge) a gray headed old beggar saluted me (I have no doubt, at this time...never seen before, and who might be a bad man for ' O aught I knew ; and then I thought of the pleasure my O <~3 •*• * aunt would be taking in thinking... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - American literature - 1881 - 412 pages
...self-denial, and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy-like, I made him a present of — the whole cake ! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...never seen before, and who might be a bad man for aught I knew ; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking in thinking that I — I... | |
 | English essays - 1881 - 578 pages
...self-denial, and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy-like, I made him a present of — the whole cake ! I cold and affected when aught I knew ; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking in thinking that I — I... | |
 | Edward Moxon (and co.) - Readers - 1882 - 580 pages
...self-denial, and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy-like, I made him a present of — the whole cake ! I walked on, a little buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...never seen before, and who might be a bad man for aught I knew ; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would betaking in thinking that I — I myself,... | |
 | Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff - Adventure and adventurers - 1882 - 420 pages
...selfdenial, and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy-like, I made him a present of— the whole cake ! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...never seen before, and who might be a bad man for aught I knew ; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking in thinking that I — I... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1882 - 464 pages
...self-denial, and the very cox- combry of charity, schoolboy-like, I made him a present of the whole cake. I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...never seen before, and who might be a bad man for aught I knew; and then I thought of the pleasure my aunt would be taking in thinking that I (I myself,... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1884 - 546 pages
...self-denial, and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy-like, I made him a present of — the whole cake ! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions,...feelings returned, and I burst into tears, thinking how ungateful I had been to my good aunt, to go and give her good gift away to a stranger that I had never... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - American literature - 1884 - 988 pages
...self-denial, and the very coxcombry of charity, schoolboy-l,ke, I made him a present of — the whole cake ! I walked on a little, buoyed up, as one is on such occasions, with a sweet soothing of self-satisfactiou; but before I had got to the end of the bridge, my better feelings returned, and... | |
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