 tight squeeze. The doctor only undertook the charge of ten young gentlemen, but he had, always ready, a supply of learning for a hundred, on the lowest estimate ; and it was at once the business and delight of his life to gorge the unhappy ten with it....  Dombey and Son - Page 207by Charles Dickens - 1862Full view - About this book
 | Hubert Marshall Skinner - 1892 - 608 pages
...Whenever a young gentleman was taken in hand by Doctor Blimber, he might consider himself sure of a pretty tight squeeze. The Doctor only undertook the charge...hot-house, in which there was a forcing apparatus incessantly at work. All the boys blew before their time. Mental green peas were produced at Christmas,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, Gilbert Ashville Pierce - Literary Criticism - 1894
...Whenever a young gentleman was taken in hand by Doctor Blimber, he might consider himself sure of a pretty tight squeeze. The doctor only undertook the charge...hot-house, in which there was a forcing apparatus incessantly at work. All the boys blew before their time. Mental green-peas were produced at Christmas,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, Gilbert Ashville Pierce - 1894
...Whenever a young gentleman was taken in hand by Doctor Blimber, he might consider himself sure of a pretty tight squeeze. The doctor only undertook the charge...great hothouse, in which there was a forcing apparatus incessantly at work. All the boys blew before their time. Mental greenpeas were produced at Christmas,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, Gilbert Ashville Pierce - Literary Criticism - 1894
...Whenever a young gentleman was taken in hand by Doctor Blimbcr, he might consider himself sure of a pretty tight squeeze. The doctor only undertook the charge...great hothouse, in which there was a forcing apparatus incessantly at work. All the boys blew before their time. Mental greenpeas were produced at Christmas,... | |
 | San Francisco (Calif.). Board of Education - 1894
...taken in hand by Dr. Blimber. he might consider himself sure of a pretty tight squeeze. The Doctor undertook the charge of ten young gentlemen, but he...lowest estimate, and it was at once the business and the delight of his life to gorge the unhappy ten with it. "In fact, Dr. Blimber's establishment was... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1895
...to shine ; and that Doctor Blimber should take him in hand immediately. In fact, Doctor Bliiuber's establishment was a great hothouse, in which there was a forcing apparatus incessantly at work. All the boys blew before their time. Mental green-peas were produced at Christmas,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1896 - 128 pages
...the position in which he was to shine, and that Doctor Blimber should take him in hand immediately. Doctor Blimber's establishment was a great hothouse, in which there was a forcing apparatus incessantly at work. All the boys blew before their time. Mental green peas were produced at Christmas,... | |
 | National Educational Association (U.S.) - Education - 1897
...whether it does not in some respects apply to the conditions existing in some of our modern schools: "Dr. Blimber's establishment was a great hothouse, in which there was a forcing apparatus incessantly at work. All the boys blew before their time. Mental green peas were produced at Christmas,... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898
...Whenever a young gentleman was taken in hand by Doctor Blimber, he might consider himself sure of a pretty tight squeeze. The Doctor only undertook the charge...hot-house, in which there was a forcing apparatus incessantly at work. All the boys blew before their time. Mental green peas were produced at Christmas,... | |
 | Robert McLean Cumnock - 1898 - 602 pages
...Whenever a young man was taken in hand by Doctor Blimber, he might consider himself sure of a pretty tight squeeze. The Doctor only undertook the charge...had always ready a supply of learning for a hundred, and it was at once the business and delight of his life to gorge the unhappy ten with it. In fact Doctor... | |
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