 | John Timbs - 1874 - 360 σελίδες
...dear madam, I assure you,' replied Hook, with a gravity that must have been almost preternatural ;' it has been, I know, so reported in the country^ but...gentlewoman appeared thunderstruck, opened her eyes to the full extent, and gasped like a dying carp ; vox faudbus hceslt — seizing a daughter with each... | |
 | Thomas Ingoldsby, William Harness, George Hodder - 1875 - 350 σελίδες
...dear madam, I assure you,' replied Hook, with a gravity that must have been almost preternatural ; ' it has been, I know, so reported in the country, but...extent, and gasped like a dying carp ; vox faucibus hasit— seizing a daughter with each hand, she hurried without another word from the spot." Mr. Hook... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1875 - 344 σελίδες
...dear madam, I assure you,' replied Hook, with a gravity that must have been almost preternatural ; ' it has been, I know, so reported in the country, but...extent, and gasped like a dying carp ; vox faucibus hcesit — seizing a daughter with each hand, she hurried without another word from the spot." Mr.... | |
 | Theodore Edward Hook - 1877 - 512 σελίδες
...you,' replied Hook, with a gravity that must hava been almost preternatural ; ' it has been, I know, ao reported in the country, but without the least foundation...gentlewoman appeared thunderstruck, opened her eyes to their fall extent, and gasped like a dying carp ; vox fiiwibus healt, seizing a daughter with each hand,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1881 - 290 σελίδες
...dear madam, I assure you," replied Hook, with a gravity that must have been almost preternatural; " it has been, I know, so reported in the country, but...their full extent, and gasped like a dying carp; vox faucibun Tin.sit. Seizing a daughter with each hand, she hurried without another word from the spot.... | |
 | 1882 - 552 σελίδες
...mistake, I assure you," said Hook, with perfect gravity, "it has been reported so in the country, I know, but without the least foundation. In fact, those rascally newspapers will say anything." The narrator adds that the old lady and her daughters speedily shifted their quarters. Quite as amusing... | |
 | 1883 - 666 σελίδες
...replied Hooke, with preternatural gravity ; "it has, i know, been to reported in the country, bn,t without the least foundation : in fact those rascally newspapers will say anything." Corresponding to this, in the practical line, is what is known as the Berners Street Hoax. Hooke laid... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1886 - 306 σελίδες
...dear madam. I assure you," replied Hook, with a gravity that must have been almost preternatural; " it has been, I know, so reported in the country, but...their full extent, and gasped like a dying carp; vox faueibus hoesit. Seizing a daughter with each hand, she hurried without another word from the spot.... | |
 | 1895 - 850 σελίδες
...been dead many a good year ! " "No such thing, madam, I assure you," replied Hook, with imperturbable gravity ; " it has been, I know, so reported in the...fact, those rascally newspapers will say anything." On another occasion Hook observed a pompous gentleman walking in very grand style along the Strand,... | |
 | Clement King Shorter, Napoleon I (Emperor of the French), Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné comte de Las Cases, Barry Edward O'Meara, Theodore Edward Hook - 1910 - 352 σελίδες
...dear madam, I assure you,' replied Hook, with a gravity that must have been almost preternatural. ' It has been, I know, so reported in the country, but...extent, and gasped like a dying carp — vox faucibus hcBsit — seizing a daughter with each hand, she hurried, without a word, from the spot." There is... | |
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The good old gentlewoman appeared thunderstruck, opened her eyes to their full extent, and gasped like a dying carp; vox faucibus hassit; seizing a daughter with each hand, she hurried without a word from the spot. 
