smico

Updated: May 11, 2025

But he chose to swindle under the name of the 'Honourable Captain Smico; the Peerage gave him the lie at once; his case was one of aggravation, and he was so remarkably ugly that he 'created no interest. He left us for a foreign exile; and if as a man I lament him, I confess to you, gentlemen, as a 'tax-collector' I am easily consoled. "Our third loss must be fresh in your memory.

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - Paul Clifford — Volume 04

But he chose to swindle under the name of the 'Honourable Captain Smico; the Peerage gave him the lie at once; his case was one of aggravation, and he was so remarkably ugly that he 'created no interest. He left us for a foreign exile; and if as a man I lament him, I confess to you, gentlemen, as a 'tax-collector' I am easily consoled. "Our third loss must be fresh in your memory.

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - Paul Clifford — Complete