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In two hours we arrived at Canterbury, enveloped in clouds: lunch, bottled porter: at Dover, carried several miles in a tide of air, bitter cold, cherry-brandy; crossed over the Channel safely, and thought with pity of the poor people who were sickening in the steamboats below: more bottled porter: over Calais, dinner, roast-beef of Old England; near Dunkirk, night falling, lunar rainbow, brandy-and-water; night confoundedly thick; supper, nightcap of rum-punch, and so to bed.
The pulse, which had been very low, was now galloping and bounding frightfully. "Fetch him a glass of brandy-and-water," said Dr. Amboyne. "Now, then, a surgeon! Which of you lads operates on the eye, in these works?" A lanky file-cutter took a step forward. "I am the one that takes the motes out of their eyes." "Then be good enough to show me his eye."
I like to see turtle-doves of fifty billing and cooing on the promenade, especially when one of them wears a brown wig, has an Irish accent and drinks brandy-and-water at breakfast. But he is a good billiard-player yes, he is an uncommonly good billiard-player. He told me last night he had beaten the Irish secretary the other day in the billiard-room of the House of Commons.
The caterer generally gets infected in a superficial cutaneous sort of way. He has often a collection himself, which he eyes complacently of an evening as he smokes his pipe over his brandy-and-water, but to which he is not so distractedly devoted but that a pecuniary consideration will tempt him to dismember it.
He never signed John Perkins in full he couldn't, it was so unromantic. Well, this missive was despatched by Mrs. Snooks, and Perkins, in a fearful state of excitement, haggard, wild, and with more brandy-and-water, awaited the return of his messenger.
Perker's. 'That's just exactly the wery place vere you ought to have gone last night, Sir, replied Mr. Weller. 'I think it is, Sam, said Mr. Pickwick. 'I KNOW it is, said Mr. Weller. 'Well, well, Sam, replied Mr. Pickwick, 'we will go there at once; but first, as I have been rather ruffled, I should like a glass of brandy-and-water warm, Sam. Where can I have it, Sam? Mr.
But your friend himself will tell you that the glass of brandy-and-water was prepared by the landlady, and that it reached him by passing from her hand to mine. We have picked up the shadows, exactly as I anticipated; and we have only to account now which may be done in two words for the manner of their appearance in the dream.
"To-om!" half shrieked Mrs. Furze. "Yes, Tom: I suppose father has gone to bed? Good-night, mother," and Catharine kissed her on the forehead and went upstairs. Mrs. Furze shut the door and rushed into the room. "My dear! my dear!" shaking him, "Catharine has come, and Tom brought her, and they stood ever so long talking to one another." Mr. Furze roused himself and took a little brandy-and-water.
"Kidneys is nice," said Bridget. "What do you say, Kenneby?" asked Dockwrath. "It is nothing to me," said Kenneby; "I have no appetite. I think I'll take a little brandy-and-water." Mr. Moulder possessed the most commanding spirit, and the steak was ordered. They then made themselves as comfortable as circumstances would admit, and gradually fell into a general conversation about the trial.
Never alone appear the Immortals. The Furies always hunt in company: they pursued Pendennis from home to the Club, and from the Club home. While the major was absent from his lodgings, Morgan had been seated in the landlady's parlor, drinking freely of hot brandy-and-water, and pouring out on Mrs. Brixham some of the abuse which he had received from his master up-stairs. Mrs.
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