lawfully-earnt

Updated: May 28, 2025

'I am not going to ask you to lend me any. 'Then you may have it without asking; as I said before, I have fifty pounds, all lawfully-earnt money, got by fighting in the ring I will lend you that, brother. 'You are very kind, said I; 'but I will not take it. 'Then the half of it? 'Nor the half of it; but it is getting towards evening, I must go back to the Great City.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

Mr. Petulengro Rommany Rye Lil-writers One's own horn Lawfully-earnt money The wooded hill A great favourite The shop window Much wanted. And, as I wandered along the green, I drew near to a place where several men, with a cask beside them, sat carousing in the neighbourhood of a small tent. 'Here he comes, said one of them, as I advanced, and standing up he raised his voice and sang:

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

Petulengro. ‘It is not everyone can read faces, brother; and, unless you knew I had money, how could you ask me to lend you any?’ ‘I am not going to ask you to lend me any.’ ‘Then you may have it without asking; as I said before, I have fifty pounds, all lawfully-earnt money, got by fighting in the ring—I will lend you that, brother.’ ‘You are very kind,’ said I; ‘but I will not take it.’

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest