And yet this scene, painful as it was, had its grotesque features, which in a less interested observer than Nicholas might have provoked a smile. Mrs. Squeers stood at one of the desks, presiding over an immense basin of brimstone and treacle, of which... Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby - Page 85by Charles Dickens - 1907 - 786 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Dickens - Boarding schools - 1839 - 438 pages
...interested observer than Nicholas, might have provoked a smile. Mrs. Squeers stood at one of the desks, presiding over an immense basin of brimstone and treacle,...using for the purpose a common wooden spoon, which miirht have been originally manufactured for some gigantic top, and which widened every young gentleman's... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1843 - 464 pages
...provoked a smile. Mrs. Squeers stood at one of the desks, presiding over an immense basin of brimstenc and treacle, of which delicious compound she administered...boy in succession, .using for the purpose a common «ooden spoon , which might have been originally manufactured for some gigantic top, and which widened... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1846 - 740 pages
...interested observer than Nicholas, might have provoked a smile. Mrs. Squeers stood at one of the desks, presiding over an immense basin of brimstone and treacle,...widened every young gentleman's mouth considerably, ttey being all obliged, under heavy corporal penalties, to take in the whole of the bowl at a gasp.... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1849 - 764 pages
...interested observer than Nicholas, might have provoked a smile. Mrs. Squeers stood at one of the desks, nd to speak for himself, so he said (as it had been agreed he ehould suecession, using for the purpose a common wooden spoon, which might have been originally manufactured... | |
| Charles Dickens - Boys - 192 pages
...interested observer than Nicholas, might have provoked a smile. Mrs. Squeers stood at one of the desks, presiding over an immense basin of brimstone and treacle,...penalties, to take in the whole of the bowl at a gasp. " Now," said Squeers, giving the desk a great rap with his cane, which made half the little boys nearly... | |
| Charles Dickens - Avarice - 1867 - 290 pages
...might have provoked a smile. Mrs. Squeers stood at one of the desks, presiding over an immense basia of brimstone and treacle, of which delicious compound...penalties, to take in the whole of the bowl at a gasp. " Now," said Squeers, giving the desk a great rap with his cane, which made half the little boys nearly... | |
| John Swett - Elocution - 1868 - 246 pages
...immense basin of brimstone and treacle, of which delicious compound she administered a large installment to each boy in succession, using for the purpose a...penalties, to take in the whole of the bowl at a gasp. There was a long row of boys waiting, with countenances of no pleasant anticipation, to be treacled,... | |
| John Swett - Elocution - 1867 - 252 pages
...dead. BRIMSTONE MORNING AT DOTHEBOYS SCHOOL. CHARLES DICKENS. MBS. SQUEERS stood at one of the desks, presiding over an immense basin of brimstone and treacle,...which delicious compound she administered a large installment to each boy in succession, using for the purpose a common wooden spoon, which might have... | |
| William Swinton - English language - 1872 - 238 pages
...beginning to cluster 1. already «o/ Verb). 2. under the spreading shade of hickory and maple («,/ of brimstone and treacle, of which delicious compound...penalties, to take in the whole of the bowl at a gasp. — Dickens' s Nicholas Nickleby. M^_ (J. When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions,... | |
| William Swinton - English language - 1872 - 232 pages
...maple «o/ Obj.). were already beginning to cluster under the spreading shade of hickory and maple. of brimstone and treacle, of which delicious compound...considerably, they being all obliged, under heavy corporal penalties^to take in the whole of the bowl at a gasp. — Dickens' s Nicholas Nickleby. 6. When public... | |
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