In fact, a couple of very good country agencies happening to come up to town at the same time, an agreeable little party had been got together to meet them, comprising Mr. snicks the Life Office Secretary, Mr. Prosee the eminent counsel, three solicitors, one commissioner of bankrupts, a special pleader from the Temple, a small-eyed peremptory young gentleman, his pupil, who had written a lively book about the law of demises, with a vast quantity of marginal notes and references; and several other eminent and distinguished personages.
"Bardell v. Pickwick"
Percy Fitzgerald
He made a couple of rapid snicks, pulled the silk open, glanced in, then looked up at his old master.
"Jack Haydon's Quest"
John Finnemore
The three girls looked fearfully at Philippa, and Philippa studied her pattern with an air of elaborate carelessness, making dainty snicks at the silk with the cutting-out scissors.
"The Daughters of a Genius"
Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
