With all his professions of sympathy with the maniacs, he never missed an opportunity to make merry over what he regarded as their rivalries and disappointments, and he never wearied of Egging them on to imitate his own besetting disposition to buy the curio you covet and "settle when you can," as indicated in the beautiful hymn that concludes the following paragraph: Francis Wilson, the comedian, is the possessor of the chair which Sir Walter Scott used in his library at Abbotsford.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
But he did not have his wish-for there was soup that was not good; soles that had become torn and tattered in the extraction from the frying-pan; veal cutlets, whose golden Egging and crumbing had been in vain, for this coating had dissolved apparently into the sauce.
"The Star-Gazers"
George Manville Fenn
But it was three to one, with Hobart blocking the only open door, and Egging them on, and the excited girl, backed into a corner out of the way, the revolver still gripped in her hand, ready for any emergency.
"The Case and The Girl"
Randall Parrish