For it did not answer; M. P. had only a double disdain for the Cringer, knowing nothing herself of the pitfalls that lie in wait for a temperament like Laura's.
"The Getting of Wisdom"
Henry Handel Richardson
I began to be a little serious at this discourse, and asked him, if he thought I should obtain entrance to-morrow at the house of Mr. Cringer, on whom I chiefly depended for an introduction into business?
"The Adventures of Roderick Random"
Tobias Smollett
Mr. Cringer, Mr. Cringer, replied he, scratching his cheek, may be a very honest gentleman-I know nothing to the contrary; but is your sole dependence upon him?
"The Adventures of Roderick Random"
Tobias Smollett