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"Especially," said Mr. Pumblechook, "be grateful, boy, to them which brought you up by hand." Mrs. Hubble shook her head, and contemplating me with a mournful presentiment that I should come to no good, asked, "Why is it that the young are never grateful?" This moral mystery seemed too much for the company until Mr. Hubble tersely solved it by saying, "Naterally wicious."
I shall never forget the fellow's face as he looked up, mistaking me, muffled as I was in my own livery, for his fellow-servant. "'I always told you how it would be, Peter, said he, turning up a face of drunken wisdom; 'and now it's come to pass. The devil's been and took Sir Guy at last; and if he's as wicious there as he's been here, it's a precious bad bargain for both of 'em!" Poor Mr.
"O Sir 'Arry," said he I quote his exact words "that new mare's a wicious warmint; afore I was well into the stable, she ups and lets out at me just above the knee: I do believe as my thigh's broke." "Nonsense, man," said my uncle; "put the saddle on and bring her out." Presently the chestnut mare appeared; and I saw at once that she was not in the best of humours.
"Look you, my kinchin cove," said she, and in order to give peculiar dignity to her aspect, she put on while she spoke a huge pair of tin spectacles, "if so be as how you goes for to think as how I shall go for to supply your wicious necessities, you will find yourself planted in Queer Street. Blow me tight, if I gives you another mag."
Bumble, in his alarm, could not immediately think of the word 'tenterhooks, so he said 'broken bottles. 'Oh, Mr. Bumble! cried the lady, 'I have been so dreadfully put out! 'Put out, ma'am! exclaimed Mr. Bumble; 'who has dared to ? I know! said Mr. Bumble, checking himself, with native majesty, 'this is them wicious paupers! 'It's dreadful to think of! said the lady, shuddering.
"The juniorest Palmer said he wished he was in Heaven." I really don't know, I do NOT know what's to be done with that young fellow; he's always a-wishing something horrid. He said once, he wished he was a donkey, because then he wouldn't have a father as didn't love him! Pretty wicious that for a child of six!
'Oh! you're a precious creatur! said the man who didn't venture by the bye to come out in his true colours until he was safe on the pavement. 'I wish I had the rewarding of you I do. 'What has he been doing? said Mr Abel, tying a shawl round his neck as he came down the steps. 'He's enough to fret a man's heart out, replied the hostler. 'He is the most wicious rascal Woa then, will you?
Why, I remember the time when old Maunders as had three-and-twenty wans I remember the time when old Maunders had in his cottage in Spa Fields in the winter time, when the season was over, eight male and female dwarfs setting down to dinner every day, who was waited on by eight old giants in green coats, red smalls, blue cotton stockings, and high-lows: and there was one dwarf as had grown elderly and wicious who whenever his giant wasn't quick enough to please him, used to stick pins in his legs, not being able to reach up any higher.
Buckram, 'and I guess if he had sich a consternation of talent as you on his back, he'd wery soon be as quiet as a lamb not that he's wicious far from it, only play full of play, I may say, though to be sure, if a man gets spilt it don't argufy much whether it's done from play or from wice.
"Well, missy, you are a very wise little miss for your age." "What I think is this," repeated Diana. "Let Orion wide G'eased Lightning and let me wide Pole Star." "But you can do anything with Greased Lightning," said the man. "Why, the 'orse fairly loves you, and Pole Star's a rare and wicious sort of beast." "I aren't fwightened; that aren't me," said Diana, in her usual proud, confident tone.
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