Robert Smith Surtees Frasi e Citazioni
Robert Smith Surtees: Frasi in inglese
Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities (1838) ch. 12
Origine: Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour (1853), Ch. 16
Origine: Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour (1853), Ch. 30
“Life would be very pleasant if it were not for its enjoyments.”
Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds ch. 39
“More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice.”
The Analysis of the Hunting Field (1846) ch. 1
“Better be killed than frightened to death.”
Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds (1865) ch. 39
“He was a gentleman who was generally spoken of as having nothing a-year, paid quarterly.”
Origine: Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour (1853), Ch. 24
Origine: Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour (1853), Ch. 40
Origine: Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour (1853), Ch. 36
Origine: Handley Cross (1843), Ch. 7
“Women never look so well as when one comes in wet and dirty from hunting.”
Origine: Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour (1853), Ch. 21
Origine: Handley Cross (1843), Ch. 11
“There may be said to be three sorts of lawyers, able, unable, and lamentable.”
Plain or Ringlets? (1860) ch. 40
