The Cambridge Freshman: Or, Memoirs of Mr. Golightly

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Tinsley, 1871 - 395 halaman
 

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Halaman 16 - early to bed and early to rise, is the way to be healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Halaman 247 - Golightly's animal, breathing high, and displaying symptoms of turning out a "bucketer;" while, on her part, Mr. Popham's gray mare edged and sidled along in a manner calculated to fill her rider with alarm as to what she might take it into her head to do when giving way to the excitement of the chase. Nor was the position of the two gentlemen rendered more agreeable by the audible remark of a person in the professional cricketing interest, who happened to be standing at the comer of Jesus-lane as...
Halaman 372 - MEMOIRS OF A CAMBRIDGE FRESHMAN. CHAPTER XXIII. MR. GOLIGHTLY RECEIVES FRIENDS. MR. SAMUEL ADOLPHUS GOLIGHTLY responded at once to the summons of his tutor. Hastily donning his cap and gown, he visited the angry Don — who declared, in forcible though strictly tutorial language, that, in the whole course of his experience as the friend and guide of the youth of St. Mary's, it had never been his lot to witness anything half so shocking. Our hero was prudently silent — remembering the well-worn...
Halaman 350 - orse 'e is — never off his feed. Sound as a bell of brass." These remarks were jerked out, one at a time, in reply to remarks of Mr. Pokyr's. Our hero, at Mr. Wallop's wish, mounted this unique specimen of horseflesh. The animal resented the liberty by refusing to go one step forwards, and by backing, at a great pace, against the stable wall, and nearly jerking Mr. Golightly out of the saddle. " Only his play — just at starting,
Halaman 171 - I'll drive," replied the second. " You must not touch the reins. You are bound to keep your hand steady." "Oh!" groaned the Indian, "I thought you said Golightly would not be there." " It's — it's all Lombard-street to a Chancy orange he won't. I'd — I'd bet a hundred pounds to sixpence, he isn't — now!
Halaman 124 - One moment before he goes," said our hero, nervously. "What is 4iberally rewarded?'" " Handsomely." " I mean, how much?" "Oh, they'll take anything you like to give them," said Pokyr, in his offhand way. " But I should not like to give very much, and I should be sorry if they felt disappointed, or that I had not acted up to my word," was the scrupulous rejoinder. " What's your mushroom worth?" " My umbrella was given me. A guinea, perhaps. Yes, I think it would be a guinea at Fuddleton, you know.
Halaman 59 - he is taking his exercise. He plays at croquet on the carpet. Pleasant for us, isn't it?" Mr. Golightly could not agree with the native of India on this point. "Champagne, sir?" said Mr. Pokyr's man. " Thank you," said our hero. " How is your wine, Golightly?" inquired Mr. Calipee, at the same time tasting his own.

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