acddens

Updated: May 1, 2025

But is it not better that, instead of a lazy, conceited, whey-faced slip of gentility, to whom, in your old-world idea of the matter, I was bound to stand Sir Pedagogue, and see that he washed his hands and face, said his prayers, learned his acddens, spoke no naughty words, brushed his hat, and wore his best doublet only on Sunday, that, instead of such a Jacky Goodchild, I should have something like this?"

Sir Walter Scott - The Fortunes of Nigel