Edwin Lankester,
Once a Week
(1864)
“ Certainly, during this time, he must have amassed a considerable fund of information, for the trade of a barber is the most literary of all non-professional pursuits; and it is probable that Allan acquired more knowledge when assisting to rid men of their beards than he would have done had the finest library in the kingdom been thrown open to him. ”
Edwin Lankester,
Once a Week
(1864)
“ Not despising his calling, as a less sensible man might have done, he began business on his own account, and so far succeeded that in the year 1712 he was enabled to marry one Christian Ross, by all accounts a most pious and worthy woman. ”
Edwin Lankester,
Once a Week
(1864)
“ Stumpy killed owld Aighton 'cause he prosecuted 'im, and that war'n't likely he would stand that. Stumpy's drownded, so yer can't git him, and I ain't fur off dying. I can die more quiet-like, now I have loosed my mind. ”
