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Updated: May 13, 2025
The person announced that they were dogs, and that an idiosyncrasy of Chinese dogs was to fight. Several wags joined in, and all appeared, through the traveling nincompoop, to know all about my past and present, lapsing into a desultory harangue upon all men and things foreign.
"If you have never before seen such a thing," Lilienfeld said to Frederick, "the offices of a big American lawyer will astonish you. This is a law firm, two partners, Brown and Samuelson; but Brown's a nincompoop and Samuelson is the whole thing."
Now, you are young people beginning life; I'll give you a piece of advice. Employ others to do what you can't do, and it must be done; but never to do anything you can do better for yourselves! Agent! The word is derived from a Latin word 'agere, to do; and agents act up to their etymology, for they invariably DO the nincompoop that employs them, or deals with them, in any mortal way.
I've heard o' fellows bein' in that business, and callin' themselves men instead o' hosses! Ye ain't that kind o' man, Jeff. 'Tain't in yer blood. Yer father was a fool about women, and in course they ruined him, as they allus do the best men. It's on'y the fools and sneaks ez a woman ever makes anythin' out of. When ye hear of a man a woman hez made, ye hears of a nincompoop.
But he preferred to assume the generosity of Sir Nicholas rather than the dishonesty of Joseph. Repassing the bathroom door he knocked loudly on its glass. "Don't be all day!" he cried. He was in a hurry now. An hour later he said to Joseph: "I'm going down to Quayther & Cuthering's." "Yes, sir," said Joseph, obviously much reassured. "Nincompoop!" Edward Henry exclaimed secretly.
If I have escaped your vengeance, let me tell you, madam, you have not escaped "mine." "And was it thee, thou nincompoop? Hence, thou wretch! Avaunt! Begone, or thou shalt feel my fury!" Saying this, she clenched her fist, and closed her teeth, with so threatening an aspect, that the little peer was very much terrified. He flew back several paces. "My dear Miss Griskin," said he, "protect me!
I murmured, and I declare to heaven I limped as I followed her through the door into a tiny hall. "You are a most unreasonable man," she said, throwing open a small door at the end of the hall. "I am terribly disappointed in you. You looked to be so nice and sensible and amiable." "Oh, I'm not such a nincompoop as you might suspect, madam," said I, testily, far from complimented.
Armstrong? asked Claudia, with a touch of the manner of the stage. 'Not I, Paul answered bluntly; 'I waited up to speak to you. Are you going to marry that grinning nincompoop? 'You presume, said Claudia, with yet more of the manner of the stage. 'You presume abominably. Allow me to pass, sir. 'The man has offered you a life of shame, said Paul. 'You mean to listen to him after that?
And mind me, when next I catch sight of you in blue and gold lace, I'll compel you to show cause why you wear it, and prove your case, or else I'll make a Cupid of you, and no joke about it. I don't pay money for a nincompoop to outrage my feelings of respect and loyalty, when he's in my pay, d' ye hear? You're in my pay: and you do your duty, or I 'll kick ye out of it. It's no empty threat.
The proof of the pudden is jest chawin' the bag, an' I want you both to git a carridge quick, and take me up home; and if you don't see what I tell you is thar, you may kick me from the front door clean down to the big gate. The grave is busted wide open, and the dead walks, for I seen him; and I'll sho' him to you. Come on, I want you to see for yourself." "You imbecile old nincompoop!
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