"Say, rather, how is it one doesn't know them," cried Martin, "for here we are seven weeks, and, except to that gorgeous fellow in the cocked hat at the porter's lodge, I have never exchanged a salute with a human being."
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Sure, if they weren'tPride itself, it's glad they might be that a-a-a respectable man, that is sure to be devoted to their own interests forever, and one that knows the estate well, and, moreover than that, that doesn't want to be going over to London,-no, nor even to Dublin,-that doesn't care a brass farthing for the castle and the lodge in the park,-that, in short, Mr. Massingbred, asks nothing for anybody, but is willing to trust to his industry and what he knows of life-There it is now,-there's my whole case, said he, stammering, and growing more and more embarrassed.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
His plan was to plant a lodge, or "family," wherever there existed a German working men's association.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae