10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRIFFINISH»
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griffinish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign ...
... and about to fit up the same in the first style of griffinish fashion, under the able
direction of Chattermohun GhOSBThe south barracks is one of several ranges
within the Fort, and allotted principally to the accommodation of unmarried subs.
2
The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany
... and never knew a care, asks what has come over the brevet-captain of late,
that he has " become so lugubrious and didactic V "Give us more of his fun," says
he ; " something spicy and Griffinish, and sink all sentiment." " I admire the tone of
...
3
The Asiatic journal and monthly register for British and ...
So completely vitiated is the native eye, by being accustomed to these
deformities, that the majority of them can often make little or nothing of an
European drawing; and I have often, in my post-griffinish days, seen one of them
take a pencil ...
... for such is the order—serve to fill up the little picture! have been describing,
and which in my griffinish days, and since, I have contemplated with pleasure. In
a day or two we reached Allyghur, where my good friend the missionary and
I_were ...
5
The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany
... discriminating public," that, at some future period, I would impart a further
portion of the autobiography of Frank Gernon, embracing a full account of the
adventures of his maturer years; in other words, his post-griffinish experiences in
India.
Oh, mon Dieu, je vais mourir — oh ! oh !" " Yes," added Augustus, " oh ! oh ! oh !
you really must excuse us, Gernon, he! he! he! for laughing a little at your
griffinish mistake ; indeed, you have been chasing a villager; but you are not the
first that ...
7
The humorous poetry of the English language: from Chaucer to ...
For me — through heathen ignorance perchance, Not having knelt in Palestine,
— I feel None of that griffinish excess of zeal, Some travelers would blaze with
here in France. Dolls I can see in Virgin-like array, Nor for a scuffle with the idols
...
8
HOMESPUN; OR, FIVE AND TWENTY YEARS AGO
... a display of wristbands to the congregation, wondering, perhaps, if he is really
like other men, or if he possesses no more than a vulgar-fractional nature, about
equally divided between the horse and the human, — griffinish and fabulous.
9
Ten years in India; or, The life of a young officer
As I saw bullet marks in every direction, I gave the poor man the credit of telling
the truth, and purchased it from him ; for this griffinish trick I was of course
laughed at, for the same reason, I suppose, that purchasers 132 TEN YEARS IN
INDIA.
Albert Henry A. Hervey,
1850
For me — thro' heathen ignorance perchance, Not having knelt in Palestine, — I
feel None of that griffinish excess of zeal, Some travellers would blaze with here
in France. Dolls I can see in Virgin-like array, Nor for a scuffle with the idols ...