 But the lumpy gentleman, unwilling to give it up, again madly said, 'ESKER/ and again spake no more. 'It merely referred/ Mr Podsnap explained, with a sense of meritorious proprietorship, 'to Our Constitution, Sir. We Englishmen are Very Proud of our...  Works of Charles Dickens - Page 60by Charles Dickens - 1875Full view - About this book
 | Literature - 1912 - 870 pages
...face of the earth, and will find itself continually disappointed." "We English," retorted Mr. Podsnap, "are very proud of our Constitution, sir. It was bestowed...Providence. No other country is so favored as this country. Other countries do — I am sorry to be obliged to say it — as they do." "We do good by stealth,... | |
 | Phyllis M. Bishop - English fiction - 1925 - 200 pages
...Question." But the lumpy gentleman, unwilling to give it up, again madly said, " ESKER," and again spake no more. " It merely referred," Mr. Podsnap explained,...Bestowed Upon Us By Providence. No Other Country is so Favoured as This Country." " And ozer countries ? — " the foreign gentleman was beginning, when Mr.... | |
 | Octavius Francis Christie - Great Britain - 1928 - 374 pages
...are." M This is exactly the same tone as upper-middle-class Mr. Podsnap adopted to his French guest: "We Englishmen are Very Proud of our Constitution,...Bestowed Upon Us By Providence. No Other Country is so Favoured as This Country. ..." "It was a little particular of Providence," said the foreign gentleman,... | |
 | Octavius Francis Christie - Great Britain - 1928 - 370 pages
...are." " This is exactly the same tone as upper-middle-class Mr. Podsnap adopted to his French guest : "We Englishmen are Very Proud of our Constitution,...Sir. It Was Bestowed Upon Us By Providence. No Other 102 ENGLISH MANNERS ON THE CONTINENT Country is so Favoured as This Country. ..." "It was a little... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1895 - 734 pages
...Question." But the lumpy gentleman, unwilling to give it up, again madly said, " ESKER," and again spake no more. " It merely referred," Mr. Podsnap explained,...Constitution, Sir. We Englishmen are Very Proud of onr Constitution, Sir. It Was Bestowed Upon Us By Providence. No Other Country is so Favoured as This... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - American literature - 1864 - 858 pages
...Question." But the lumpy gentleman, unwilling to give it up, again madly said, " ESKER," and again spake no more. "It merely referred," Mr. Podsnap explained,...so Favored as This Country." " And ozer countries ? — " the foreign gentleman was beginning, when Mr. Podsnap put him right again. "We do not say Ozer;... | |
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