It is plaguily annoying to want a dinner, and have the appetite of a Dando — to be asked for a large debt, when your pockets cannot conceal a solitary shilling […]
Source: wiktionary
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It is plaguily annoying to want a dinner, and have the appetite of a Dando — to be asked for a large debt, when your pockets cannot conceal a solitary shilling […]
Source: wiktionary
[…] have we not made out our case that a Master requires the propensities of Bacchus, with the appetite of a Dando […]
Source: wiktionary
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