E. N. Duffield, Punch, Volume 147, Issue 3820… (19th and 20th century)
“ THE SILVERN TONGUE. It was his vest-slip which chained my eye. Spats and the lesser niceties are common among the altruists who strive to set us to rights just by the Marble Arch, but a vest-slip was a new note. ”
E. N. Duffield, Punch, Volume 147, Issue 3820… (19th and 20th century)
“ If there are any Germans present, is there one among them who will 'ave the 'ardi'ood to step forward now and say a word, one little word, gentlemen, one single bloomin' 'Och!' on be'alf of 'im? Naow, gents, naow! ”
E. N. Duffield, Punch, Volume 147, Issue 3820… (19th and 20th century)
“ Young, wealthy, not undistinguished in the matter of learnin', well-bred, nurchured in the lap of luxury, tolerably good-lookin', if not actually 'andsome, my way was easy, gents. It was child's play for me to get at the inside of things, to get under the surface, to see what was agitatin' the boorses of 'alf the Continent, to understand why big financiers was orderin'-in 'ams by the 'alf-'undred, religious scruples not-withstandin'. ”
