| 单词 | nabob |
| 例句 | He follows Buttercup day to day, month to month, as she learns all the ways of curtsying and tea pouring and how to address visiting nabobs and like that. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The nabob was "a controversial new species of grandee who made his fortune in India and returned home to enjoy his treasure". Family Secrets: Living With Shame from the Victorians to the Present Day by Deborah Cohen – review 2013-01-26T15:00:01Z The jazzy crime romp is one of a clump of programmes that are repeatedly recommissioned by channel nabobs, without anyone really knowing why. Top Gear, New Tricks, Lewis ? the television shows that won't die 2011-08-12T23:11:04Z Sure you want elephants on water skis . . . but the nattering nabobs of nimbyism say no! T Magazine: Stranger Than Paradise 2013-05-10T21:59:01Z The approach offers Wright adequate space for customization without the nattering nabobs of negativism — not just paid mouths like me, but pretty much anyone with a smartphone and a Yelp account — whining about authenticity. Nido review: A bright perch in a hungry neighborhood 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z And, in that same vein, are the states that are chockablock with these nattering nabobs of nonsense more successful at winning it? Which U.S. State Performs Best in the New Yorker Caption Contest? 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z This doesn’t sound like a con artist or a relentlessly negative nabob. Perspective | What Biden — and a lot of other people — get wrong about journalists 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z There are top-level meetings with the nabobs of English cricket to attend. The Duckworth Lewis Method: 'Cricket forces you to sit on your arse, which is healthy' 2013-06-22T23:05:08Z What is fascinating is the tenacity with which the English nabobs maintained their blood ties with their Eurasian offspring. Family Secrets: Living With Shame from the Victorians to the Present Day by Deborah Cohen – review 2013-01-26T15:00:01Z This oilman here was not a nabob like Doheny, but his L.A. oil scandal was going on at the same time. Real estate, transit, oil — how early L.A. built fortunes and bred scoundrels 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Blame it on that idiot Donald Trump if you want, but in fact our world's bad craziness predates that nattering nabob of narcissism. Liz Cheney is right: We're electing idiots — and she's a more dangerous idiot than most 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z The vice president had a reputation for being President Nixon’s attack dog and skewering political opponents as “nattering nabobs of negativism,” “vicars of vacillation” and “pusillanimous pussyfooters.” Unlike in Trump case, Secret Service kept this one secret 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Lauck assigns most of the blame for this attitude to scholarly nabobs like Carl Van Doren, who led a “revolt from the village” sentiment that characterized the region as suffused with retrograde Babbittry. Review | Why the Midwest should be a role model, not a punchline 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z It was purchased in 1771 by Francis Sykes, one of the so-called “nabobs”, British merchants who made huge fortunes on the Indian subcontinent in ways that would now be considered exploitative. Revealed: the darkness behind the beauty of Britain's great houses 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Those crises led to two congressional investigations early in the last century, in which lawmakers tried to hold the millionaire nabobs of those eras responsible. Column: Billionaires emerge as the defining campaign issue for 2020 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z So the old money looked down on the returned nabobs. What happens when a corporation colonizes a country? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z In one bizarre scene, the nabobs of Gotham, in tuxedos and gowns, are even treated to a special screening of “Modern Times.” Todd Phillips’s “Joker” Is No Laughing Matter 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Not for the first time, Trump appears to be reaching for a playbook once used by Richard Nixon, whose vice-president, Spiro Agnew, once dismissed the press as “nattering nabobs of negativism”. ‘Enemy of the people’: Trump’s war on the media is a page from Nixon’s playbook 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z “It’s one thing for Spiro Agnew to call everyone in the press ‘nattering nabobs of negativism,’” he said, referring to the former vice president’s famous critique of how journalists covered President Richard M. Nixon. Trump Allies Target Journalists Over Coverage Deemed Hostile to White House 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z And, as vice president, Agnew once criticized opponents and the press as the “nattering nabobs of negativism.” Opinion | ‘Nattering nabobs’ or no, Agnew’s place in history is not obscure 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Until this point, most of the nation’s nattering nabobs have conjured up scenarios about impeachment. When will it be Trump's turn to accept a plea bargain? | Richard Wolffe 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z He labeled congressional opponents of the war in Vietnam “radic-libs” and denounced Nixon administration critics as “nattering nabobs of negativism.” ‘Nattering nabobs of negativism’: The improbable rise of Spiro T. Agnew 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Occasionally, though, “mathematically improbable” circumstances might conspire to make this tech appear, to nattering nabobs, problematic. Ron Judd explains how to outsmart your smart technology 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z A "disgraced demagogue in the dustbin of history," is almost as good as a "nattering nabob of negativity". Ex-Chief of C.I.A. Suggests Putin May Have Compromising Information on Trump 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Forget about the 1930s: in the 1830s New York City saw an unlikely alliance of the nabobs and the workies far more astonishing than anything under FDR. Opinion | Is There Life After Liberalism? 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z “In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism,” he said in September 1970. Other presidents have battled the press. But never like Trump 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Agnew drew attention with his regular broadsides against the media, calling them "nattering nabobs of negativism." Trump Bans Washington Post From Covering His Campaign 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z Of course, I didn’t want to be a nattering nabob of negativism, so I made sure to throw in categories like “Best Line” and “Best Scene” to keep me on the side of the angels. My Job: Watch ‘Downton Abbey.’ Poor Me. 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Regarding the rest of the field, each candidate is counting on the reliability of his or her own arsenal of billionaire sponsors and corporate nabobs when the you-know-what hits the fan. They’re all bought and sold: American democracy belongs to the billionaires now 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z The nattering nabobs have looked at how effortlessly Trump has roiled the political order and decided: Hey, I can do that. Donald/Kanye 2020? Trump kicks off an era of rich vanity candidates. 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z That reluctance has been nurtured by what a former vice president called “the nattering nabobs of negativism,” information hijackers and truth-bending alchemists who have no use for intelligent decisions arrived at through personal perspectives. Quora Question: In Our Partisan Politics, Will There Ever Be Another 'Great Speech'? 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z It’s high time that the booming niche of nattering negative technology nabobs gets disrupted! The emperor of “disruption theory” is wearing no clothes 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z The building was constructed precisely to overawe foreigners, and it is difficult not to feel small beneath the 10ft-tall painting of an Indian nabob that Lord Carrington had hung on the wall. Who was greatest foreign secretary? 2013-05-14T01:30:45Z Back when Spiro Agnew went after the “nattering nabobs of negativism,” most people got their news from three networks and a handful of national newspapers. The Media Equation: Challenging the Claims of Media Bias - the Media Equation 2012-09-30T23:56:15Z Vehicles and citizenry were wrapped in newsprint, a message for the nabobs of China clearly legible - we operate a free press round these parts. Ceremony review: A long goodbye to the Games 2012-08-13T08:27:10Z It should not have happened if I had been here, for Bob has a shrewd eye to the nabob's money, as well he may, seeing that he's----but that's no business of mine. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z He fell in love with a nabob’s daughter, and married her according to the national customs and ceremonies; but his ill-assorted match did not long prosper. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z "You must get acquainted," said the gracious young nabob. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z It was a gigantic and magnificent specimen, and proved to be the favourite elephant of the last nabob, which,447 like the minister himself, was reduced to eat the bread of charity. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z The shrewd old nabob had discerned the boy's possibilities, but seems also to have determined that his energies should not be relaxed by wealth. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z I am not a nabob, but I have my own fortune; and it is my own, without waiting for anybody to die. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z At this period East Broadway wore only a waning grace of gentility; some few conservative nabobs still lingered there, obstinately defying plebeian inroads. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z The puritan fathers of the nabobs of this land loved them, and they had reason to do so. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z A splendid staircase conducted to a council-room, adorned with a portrait of the late nabob, life-size, executed in London. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z The nabob of the village came into the public room in the course of the evening—a farmer and former State senator. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z Salabert, on the contrary, loved to flourish his millions in the face of the world, and play the nabob, at the smallest possible cost of course. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z As for the people, he had nothing whatever to do with them; they returned some jolly 'squire, who feasted them well, or some nabob who purchased their votes. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z It's the proof and declaration of my sister's honour! and I would not change it against all the diamonds, and all the pearls, and all the shawls of all the nabobs of all Asia! The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:29.433Z India was reached at last, the nabobs and the Griffins and the young ladies were safely landed, and the ship, as before, proceeded to China. Jack Buntline 2011-08-31T02:01:34.270Z Blatchford was conked in the back of the head by a vice presidential bullet, momentarily becoming, in Spiro-speak, a “nattering nabob of negativism.” The Lethal Serve in Doubles Tennis: There?s In, Out and ?Look Out!? 2011-08-28T18:32:12Z If the nabobs we see here are specimens of those who rule the East, Heaven help the ruled! Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z Of course, despite the “nattering nabobs of negativism,” the new technology did spark change, although not always in the ways that people expected. 'Quality Control in K-12 Digital Learning': A Stimulating, Quality Read 2011-08-17T17:33:52Z Perfectly satisfactory, all of them; perfectly adapted to fill the ideal of what a quartette of genuine nabobs should look like! Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z Then there was “Daddy Jacob,” the nabob of the farm. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z Plenty of reasons offered for domestic incidents have no better ground of fact than the nabob’s opinion that the water came through the glass. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z We wanted a stone for an Indian nabob's show tiara—something of that sort—not long ago. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z It was a grouping not unknown in those districts of England, where the returned East Indian “nabobs” have settled down to spend the evening of their days. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z It attempts to coalesce the cleverness of the tyrant, the experience of the aristocrat, the wealth of the industrial nabob, and the aggregate momentum of the mass, into a humanitarian power. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z Emily said, in a low voice, "that is our nabob, Squire Lee." Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife 2011-03-10T03:00:49.120Z Young Norman Worth, the son of our multi-millionaire nabob, is sitting in the aisle just in front of you. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z “Then, look here, Mr Paul,” cried Geoffrey, excitedly, as he rose up and towered in his manly strength above the little old yellow nabob. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z I was to go abroad and return a wealthy nabob, Reinsfeld was to astound the world with some wonderful invention; we were boys who imagined that the universe belonged to us. The Alpine Fay A Romance 2011-02-11T03:00:27.700Z And this was all the thanks I received for setting some of these fellows up as nabobs, among the islanders. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The justification of concierge medicine is the same voodoo economics spiel that we were given with the “trickle down” theory of prosperity from Reagan, Bush and the nattering nabobs. Having Your Own Doctor On Call 2010-08-26T18:08:00Z Temperate in other habits, he played like a nabob. The Law of Hemlock Mountain I have not been an amateur actor for nothing, and as for manners I can be as bad mannered as any nabob in creation if I try. Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile The town contains handsome mosques, a nabob's palace in ruins, and the remains of an extensive fort. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The nabobs of central Kentucky were a distinct and exclusive class in the years preceding the great Civil strife which freed the colored race. The Man from Jericho So our expression 'nabob' originally meant a viceroy in India. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes "We didn't come here to be waited on like a couple of nabobs," Cavanaugh jested. The Cottage of Delight A Novel Meantime my seat had been occupied; a very much over-dressed foreign couple, American or English nabobs blazing with jewels, had planted themselves in the best seats beside the beauty. The Children of the World The nabob seriously intended to pass with his elephants over the bodies of these poor wretches. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom I'd kinder like to live in Denver and have a house up among them nabobs. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter When I began to wonder whether I was a nabob travelling in a private car, or a tramp looking for a supper, that made me laugh. Harper's Round Table, June 18, 1895 Keep all them rattle-traps till you are a rich nabob, and come home to look for Mrs. Frank,—a fine wife she will be! Holiday House A Series of Tales In war time these harbours were crowded with the shipping of all nations, and many a fortune was made that enabled the merchant to go to Europe as a West Indian nabob. The West Indies and the Spanish Main "Stick the beast in the ear!" cried the nabob. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom A rich nabob from India has brought all his silver here, and bought Puntafar shares. Black Diamonds Then come the 'year o' nabobs,' that was '63. The Boy With the U.S. Miners "But they don't all belong to the priest," said the nabob of Glogova, smoothing back his hair. St. Peter's Umbrella Of a surety if I were to play this nabob from the skies; if I were to turn the averted tragedy into a screaming and cheerful farce, it was my duty to dress the part. The Portal of Dreams He was not a taking person as you say, Louisa, but he was the nabob of the place. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 Csanta had very little idea that he united in his own person the East Indian nabob, the Dey of Morocco, and the Russian prince, as likewise that it was he who had caused this uproar. Black Diamonds The collector, like the nabob's slave, has no motive for diligence; he gets not half enough for collecting to pay for his horse-flesh. Noah Webster American Men of Letters He was a rich man now, a nabob beginning from to-day. St. Peter's Umbrella The discomfited nabob appealed to Colonel Pattee for redress, who sent Adjutant Wright back to quiet the boys. In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House These commercial avant couriers are bright, active 'hustlers,' who make the native nabobs gasp at their breezy ways, but, all the same, these nabobs are pretty shrewd persons and know how to buy closely. Porto Rico Its History, Products and Possibilities... The merchants imitated in a small way the seignorial pretensions of the land nabobs. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times It was evident I was not travelling like a nabob; and it would have been impossible to take more baggage. Adventures in the Philippine Islands Well, well, my dear," said the nabob of Glogova, shaking back his long gray hair, "never mind, trust in Gongoly, he will find it for you. St. Peter's Umbrella I suggested some combinations to-night to those nabobs, and they are going to carry them out. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs It consisted of 150,000 infantry, 60,000 cavalry, and 500 elephants, each elephant supporting a 'castle' containing a nabob and servants. The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 They were 'hyperborean nabobs,' who travelled with whatever luxury wealth could afford them on the express service by lake and stream. The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba “This is what comes from customs nabobs trying to enforce wicked laws,” said an old man. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance “Bishop Hedley is a greater and wiser man than all the railway nabobs thou hast spoken of.” An Orkney Maid I've been in conference this day," he wrote one night, "with half a dozen nabobs—not great nabobs, but second rate ones. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs Jimmy looked up and saw a fine home that he had admired on his way out and had deduced that it belonged to the nabob of the town. Mixed Faces Boswell dreaded a certain nabob, 'a man of copper,' as his rival. James Boswell Famous Scots Series The dons, the bashaws, the grandees, the patricians, the sachems, the nabobs, call them by what name you please, sigh, and groan, and fret, and sometimes stamp, and foam, and curse, but all in vain. Patrick Henry A half-dozen families live there, all of them small tenant farmers, save the ferryman—a strapping, good-natured fellow, who appears to be the nabob of the community. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo From what I hear, he is a sort of nabob in these parts.' Lover or Friend Give us a nickel all round, you nabob, you. Divided Skates He gets friendly with the nabob, warms him with old claret, and bewails with him their hapless devotion. James Boswell Famous Scots Series These seaside resorts are thronged with a cosmopolitan population composed of tourists, business men, nabobs and adventurers. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) But I forget, you are the heiress of a rich nabob! The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies. I exchanged my grey pauper suit for a broadcloth of a young nabob, which I accidentally found in one of the chambers of a fashionable hotel, in Court street. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston For years he had been living like a nabob upon the income of the property which my father had left for me. Seek and Find or The Adventures of a Smart Boy You have now and again met with the phrase, "rich as a nabob," and have perhaps wondered what a nabob had to do with riches. Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young While a few nabobs have enjoyed immense treasures, the people, as a whole, have grovelled in the lowest depth of penury and want. India's Problem, Krishna or Christ Perched on his back like nabobs, they probably indulged in remarks disparaging of their masters, electing to walk, and mused maybe upon the theory that now and then man meets his deserts. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan This division originated under the government of a nabob against whom the people revolted; those who remained faithful to the prince being distinguished by the designation of 'right-hand,' and the rest by that of 'left-hand.' Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Clive proceeded with his usual promptitude; he routed the garrison which the nabob had placed in Fort William, recovered Calcutta, and took Hoogly by storm. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The title was used under British rule, but became gradually corrupted into nabob. Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young You Southern nabobs do nothing but waste—you waste enough in one day to feed the whole North for a week. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The Palace was no place for a poor soldier’s wife, and there was no longer a grateful nabob as a possible source of income. Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters Found these in some nabob’s house at Bar Harbor last fall. The Madness of May Clive saw the movement, and the confusion it occasioned in the undisciplined hordes; he ordered his battalions to advance, and, in a moment, the hosts of the nabob became a mass of inextricable confusion. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The captain has a steam-yacht; and the hero of the first story has a fine sailboat, to say nothing of a whole fleet of other craft belonging to the nabob. All Adrift or The Goldwing Club "Did you expect Colonel Montague to take off his hat to you, and treat you like a nabob?" asked Mrs. Taylor, indignantly. Little Bobtail or The Wreck of the Penobscot. During the debates on these measures the publication of the report of the select committee excited public feeling against the "nabobs," and specially against Clive, and a parliamentary inquiry was held into his conduct. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration That is, if the local nabobs over there don't funk the trestle. The Return of Blue Pete At 11 a.m. we were sailing on for that port, which is regarded as the Paris of the Far East by the wealthy nabobs who frequent the city. Travels in the Far East "They say Colonel Shepard is rich enough to satisfy even an English nabob," suggested the mate. Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi "Yes, an independent man; as independent as any nabob in the land." Who Are Happiest? and Other Stories Again both the court and the nabobs came well to the front. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration Calcutta was recovered and the army of the nabob was routed. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Singapore is very gay in the season, and a centre for the wealth of the Far East; indeed, sultans and nabobs consider it a veritable Paris. Travels in the Far East Porson smoked many bundles of cheroots, which nabobs began to import. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce "Do let the nabobs alone," was smilingly answered to this. Who Are Happiest? and Other Stories My time is precious: I ought to have been in the city this half hour, and here is this old nabob keeping us waiting as if we were petitioners.” Japhet in Search of a Father He suggested the plan of an attack on Arcot itself, the residence of the nabob. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges The era of nabobs, returning with vast wealth to astonish the English people, has long since passed away. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 With smaller return for labor and lower prices, the planters soon found themselves bankrupt, instead of nabobs. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce There is danger, in this thing, of going beyond the nabobs, and arraigning the wisdom of Him who setteth up whom he will, and whose bounty feeds even the young ravens. Who Are Happiest? and Other Stories Falser than the Bank of Fancy, frailer than a shilling glove, Puppet to a father's anger, minion to a nabob's love! The Book of Humorous Verse The city was taken by surprise, and its capture induced the nabob to relinquish the siege of Trichinopoly in order to retake his capital. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Even a few gold pieces would be welcome, and it was evidently the treasure chest of some Indian nabob or other, his ill-gotten gains from the wretched natives he had fleeced and cheated.” Won from the Waves There is no need for us to describe the mansion of a Frisco nabob. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery “A supercilious nabob of the east, haughty and purse-proud.” Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois "I hope you will assist me in tracing out this matter," said the good nabob, as he produced the mended bill. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder The nabob appealed, in his necessity, to his allies, the English, and, with the powerful assistance of the Europeans, the forces of the successor of the great Aurungzebe were signally routed. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Numbers of vessels were, of course, required to feed this African nabob with doubloons and merchandise. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver The request of the nabob was an order for Tartlet. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery "We, you say; you mean by that, the hundred and eighty thousand nabobs who own five-sixths of your slaves?" Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time "I have no doubt all these were in the tin box," said the nabob, sadly. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder An expedition was fitted out at Madras to punish the inhuman nabob, consisting of nine hundred Europeans and fifteen hundred sepoys. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges For three months we lived like nabobs, and sorry, indeed, was I when the clerk announced that the vessel’s loading was completed, and our holiday over. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver But it was not thus that the nephew and heir of the nabob of Frisco was to travel. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery His father, the brewer, died, and he became possessor of a nabob's fortune. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras "He persists that he don't own the Juno, and says that Captain Shivernock lets him have the use of her for taking care of her," continued the nabob. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder I stayed here several days, and one day I went to see Ole Maja, the nabob of the place. The Land of the Long Night She will be the light of the harem of a nabob with many tails. Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia All this time I had never interrupted my labours; for you need not suppose that my nabob's fortune could make me forgetful of my inclinations towards science. French and Oriental Love in a Harem Juno, on her approaching Paris, told him, that though it was beneath her dignity to converse with a mortal, yet, if he would be her friend, she would make him a nabob. A Lecture On Heads As Delivered By Mr. Charles Lee Lewes, To Which Is Added, An Essay On Satire, With Forty-Seven Heads By Nesbit, From Designs By Thurston, 1812 "I think you do when it is for your interest to do so, or when you can't help it," added the good nabob, candidly. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder A small nabob was the shoemaker now, and the understandings of men, let them shift for themselves. The Confidence-Man It was late in the afternoon when Newton arrived at the residence of the colonel, when he perceived immediately that every thing was on the establishment of an old Indian nabob. Newton Forster The Merchant Service We, who knew of her gay career among the royalty and nabobs, were astonished that she should have gone to the camp. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert “By all means—very happy to see them,” answered the nabob, as all civil servants of the Company were called in those days if they were well up the tree, and had made money. James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat Possibly, if Mr. Laud Cavendish had known that the wicked nabob had returned, he would have hastened to see him, and inform him of the change he had made in the programme. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder A cobbler, who had fix'd his stall Against a nabob's palace wall, Work'd merrily as others play, And sung and whistled all the day. Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress At that moment the report of a mortar announces that the prime patron of the festivities, the rich nabob, Master Jock, has departed from his castle. A Hungarian Nabob He's been chauffeur to more nabobs in turbans than you can count. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story In their eyes every rich stranger is a nabob, no matter where he comes from. The Nabob, Volume 1 "Was it the print of the captain's boot?" asked the nabob. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder Prom the higher to the lower rows of the theatre all eyes and glasses were turned toward that box, with its princes, young nabobs, sons of ancient families, or heirs to immense fortunes. The Argonauts The two men who had broken the record for generosity in the history of plantation lovers were looked upon as nabobs by those of lesser means. Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches We were told that the castle was built by a rich Indian nabob, who was a fire worshipper, and who, with his followers, long inhabited it. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II I'm an independent sort of nabob—don't need the vile stuff. The Drummer Boy "That's Captain Shivernock," said the good nabob, as the party in the library were startled by a violent ring at the door. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder That shapely little nabob had come, seen, and conquered; and when he had got his prize at an incredible outlay, he threw it aside and brought home Bianca. The Argonauts He was one of the nabobs of the city. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy "The nabobs will think you are crazy to come there without your broadcloth." The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning In February 1785 he delivered one of the most famous of all his speeches, that on the nabob of Arcot's debts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" If the nabob would take it, the matter was settled. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder He was a nabob, and he knew the power of his wealth. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City When he had delivered the speech, he approached the indignant, frowning nabob, and, with a low bow, offered him a copy of "The Wayfarer." Now or Never The Adventures of Bobby Bright Arabic: admiral, alcohol, algebra, assassin, camphor, caravan, chemistry, cipher, coffee, elixir, gazelle, lemon, magazine, nabob, sultan. New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words Then a townsman rose and took the opposite side, expressing the hope that the meeting would not allow itself to be dictated to by these nabobs of Harvard College. The Reminiscences of an Astronomer The nabob would not tell him what was wrong, and he could not determine whether Laud or some other person had stolen the money. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder Your mother shall be switched to a nabob. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times No neater farm a nabob owns, Its care his chief employ, To find fertility in bones And briers to destroy, Where once he lightly skipped the stones A whistling, happy boy. Poems Vol. IV The Crusades brought about as great a shifting of the balance of power, as did later the rise of the rich merchants, industrials, and nabobs in England. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View They wanted to get rid of their beggar's brat, and palmed her off upon me, with that humbug story of the nabob of an uncle. Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside "Hasbrook stole it; he is the biggest scoundrel of the three," added the wicked nabob. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder It was not until five o'clock that the nabob entered the fort. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire You know how it was possible for the little son of a South American nabob, after regaining his lost speech, to speak Hungarian, and you know who taught him to speak that language. Dr. Dumany's Wife They gave her away to an Oriental nabob who, imagining his wife to be wealthy, scatters his money like a prince. The Poor Plutocrats Who, thought I, is this nabob who counts his dollars by half-millions, and on whom it seems as if some fraud was intended to be practised? Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 "Who are you?" demanded the wicked nabob, with what was intended as a withering sneer; but no one wilted under it. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder On the 18th, the army of the nabob approached. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire "Ours is not a language generally spoken by foreigners, least of all by the young children of American nabobs." Dr. Dumany's Wife What has led me to this, is the idea, of such merit as Mr. Allan possesses, and such riches us a nabob or government contractor possesses, and why they do not form a mutual league. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham The rajahs and “nabobs” are usually dressed in gold-embroidered robes of silk, over which are thrown the costliest Indian shawls. The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands "Laud Cavendish paid you three hundred and fifty dollars, then?" continued the nabob. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder Mr. Holwell was then sent for, and after the nabob had expressed his resentment at the small amount found in the treasury, he was dismissed, the nabob assuring him of his protection. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire But to introduce myself to an American nabob as the rescuer of his child was impossible! Dr. Dumany's Wife One doesn't mind being a nabob once in a while, you know. Olympian Nights The nabobs of the place had skulls on the posts of their houses, which they said belonged to the enemies they had killed and eaten. Adventures in New Guinea "I am afraid they were instructed to say that," said the nabob. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder Ada, the only English female who had survived the siege, was torn, weeping, from Charlie's arms, and conveyed to the zenana, or ladies' apartments, of one of the nabob's generals. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire He told me that the son of an immensely wealthy American nabob, with an escort well-nigh princely, was travelling on the same train to Paris. Dr. Dumany's Wife So our friend did not make his entrance that season into the drawing or dining rooms of any of what David called the "nabobs'" houses. David Harum A Story of American Life "But I'm too hungry for argument or delay and I guess we can stand it to be nabobs for a day or so." A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy "It proves that Captain Shivernock sold the Juno to you, and consequently he has not owned her since the date of this bill," replied the nabob, as he read the paper. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder That the English would, in time, return and extort a heavy reckoning from the nabob, they did not doubt for a moment. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire With my pension I shall be a nabob in Six Stars. The Soldier of the Valley The nabob insisted on knowing what was the matter, and why his favourite had taken flight so unceremoniously. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 425 Volume 17, New Series, February 21, 1852 It is high time to put a stop to such practices, and to check the proceedings of nabobs, commissaries, and agents. George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life "I am very glad you can, Captain Shivernock, for that is what we are in need of just now," laughed the good nabob. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder The English were represented at his court by Mr. Watts, who had the greatest difficulty in maintaining his position, in the constantly changing moods of the nabob. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire "Why," I answers him, "this is a funny sort of place for a nabob, and that you must allow; not to mention," I adds, "that from here to Honduras is a long step." Poison Island She promptly obeyed the summons, and of course it was generally reported, and with some colouring, that the bulk of the nabob's fortune would be hers if she 'played her cards well.' Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 425 Volume 17, New Series, February 21, 1852 I introduced him to her, and left her to improve the impression: ’tis well I was married in time; a nabob is a dangerous rival. The History of Emily Montague "How do you fold your money, Captain Shivernock?" asked the nabob. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder Besides Mr. Watts, the English affairs were conducted by Omichund who, aided by the Sets, or native bankers, whom Suraja-u-Dowlah had plundered and despoiled, got up a conspiracy among the nabob's most intimate followers. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire He might be a battered old traveller, or an Anglo-Indian nabob, or a needy haunter of Continental pensions, or a convict just emerged from a term of penal servitude. Austin and His Friends They, quiet souls, heard of their uncle the nabob's marriage without surprise, and without expressing emotion of any kind, beyond the 'Really!' Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 425 Volume 17, New Series, February 21, 1852 So your nabob cousin is arrived: I hope he will fall in love with Emily; and remember, if he had obligations to Mrs. Rivers’s father, he had exactly the same to your grandfather. The History of Emily Montague Of course the imprisonment of such a man as the wicked nabob caused a sensation; but there was no one to object. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder Manak Chand, the general commanding the nabob's forces, informed by spies of the movements of the English troops, moved out with fifteen hundred horses and two thousand foot. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire Miss Delmaine, the only daughter and heiress of an Indian nabob, had taken London by storm this past season; and not only the modern Babylon, but the heart of Adrian Dynecourt as well. The Haunted Chamber A Novel Oh, well; he, Haggerty, had got his seven thousand in rewards; he was living now like a nabob up in the Bronx. The Voice in the Fog On the appointed evening, therefore, he put on his well-brushed dress-suit, spotless linen, and fresh gloves, and presented himself at Elmhurst House as well dressed as any West End noble or city nabob there. The Lost Lady of Lone "For what did you pay it to him?" asked the good nabob. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder When the nabob came into the fort in the morning, he ordered Mr. Holwell to be brought before him. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire They are all young nabobs, and if you ever let them go ashore, you will have your hands full, Mr. Lowington. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat "They must be living like nabobs on this craft." The Rover Boys on the River The Search for the Missing Houseboat He walked up to the horse, stroked its nose, and said boisterously: "Wish I had this layout—wouldn't I reach California like a nabob, though!" Bart Stirling's Road to Success Or, The Young Express Agent The wicked nabob laughed and roared in his delight when he saw the confusion of the good nabob. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder But sickness broke out among them and, finding himself unable to advance against so powerful an army as that of the nabob, Major Kilpatrick sent to Madras for further assistance. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire The party walked along the road to view the residences of the nabobs, and returned to the hotel, where they seated themselves on the large veranda overlooking the street. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East But he that goes out an insignificant boy in a few years returns a great nabob. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) She had the figure of a sylph, and the purse of a nabob. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 6, 1841, "Why should the captain give Laud so much money?" mused the nabob. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder He was, therefore, determined to force on the crisis, as soon as possible; in order that, the nabob being disposed of, he should be able to send reinforcements to Madras. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire If writing to nabob, more flattery in letter of asker. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 16, 1841 A pleasing anecdote is related of an elephant which was the property of the nabob of Lucknow. McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader When he had delivered the speech, he approached the indignant, frowning nabob, and with a low bow, offered him a copy of "The Wayfarer." Now or Never But the doctor and the nabob pacified him, and left him, much improved, in the care of his wife. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder Clive took possession of this, immediately he heard the sound of the nabob's music, on his arrival. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire Those who write to refuse, are —Debtors.—Members of Parliament—Fathers.—Mothers.—Their kin.—Uncles.—Aunts.—Bilious and distant nabobs, and equally dear friends, who will do anything but what the askers want. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 16, 1841 The road to the palace gate was covered with the sick and dying, lying on the ground at the moment the nabob was about to pass. McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader They say he will: quite a nabob, perhaps, and take a place in the Highlands, and invite us all—you too, Miss Williams. The Laurel Bush "Do you think you will make any money on the building of the Maud?" asked the nabob. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder The flag of truce was therefore hoisted, and one of the officers at once started for the nabob's camp, with instructions to make the best terms he could for the garrison. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire You Southern nabobs will have it; and you have to pay for it.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 Regardless of the suffering he must cause, the nabob held on his way, not caring whether his beast trod upon the poor helpless creatures or not. McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader A young man, Tasman by name, who had been scornfully rejected by a Dutch nabob as the suitor of his daughter, resolved to prove himself worthy of the lady of his heart. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 "Everybody uses me first rate; as well as though my father had been a nabob." The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder Had Clive been sure of the cooperation of Meer Jaffier and his confederates, who commanded three out of the four divisions of the nabob's army, he need not have hesitated. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire Pierquin With the daughter of some nabob—an idiot who is giving her an enormous dowry. Mercadet A Comedy in Three Acts It was, therefore, stretched on a plank, like a nabob in his palanquin, that the chimpanzee made his first appearance at Rockhouse. Willis the Pilot To remove a nabob and to create a revolution is not easy: houses are strong who have sons grown up with vigor and fitness for the command of armies. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12) He went home with eighty dollars in his pocket, entirely satisfied with himself, with the nabob, and especially with the firm of Ramsay & Son. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder While it did so, a great force of the nabob's cavalry swept down on the rear, and for a moment captured the guns. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire These are the vehicles of petted young nabobs in charge of attendants: tiny oxen with gorgeous trappings, tiny chariots richly gilded and carved and painted, tiny occupants richly dressed and jewelled. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Illustrious chief, king, prince, or nabob," said Willis, "I am highly flattered by all the fine things you have just said to me. Willis the Pilot Your Lordships will observe that this new sale of the office of ministers succeeded to the sale of that of nabobs. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12) "Yes, sir; I paid it to Mr. Leach for the Maud's sails since dark," answered Donald, so squarely that the nabob could not help looking at his daughter and smiling. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder All this time, the governor was hoping that aid would arrive from the nabob. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire For the proud young nabob beside her, or for the good-humored little coxcomb over here? The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 2, November, 1884 The nabob was very angry, and marched against the English; sending meanwhile an invitation to the French at Chandernagore to join him. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 Our party ate at one table, and the Parsee nabob had his own in solitary state. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 "I'm glad of it; and I hope he never will find it," was the kindly expression of the eccentric nabob for the Christian nabob. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder As soon as the news of the nabob's advance against Calcutta reached Madras, Mr. Pigot, who was now governor there, despatched a force of two hundred and thirty men, under the orders of Major Kilpatrick. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire The truth was, they stood in fear of the Portuguese, and detained these men till they should send for instructions to the nabob, who was at the distance of four coss. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 The result was that war broke out again, and that Clive with three thousand men, one third of whom were English, met the nabob at the head of fifteen thousand horse and thirty-five thousand foot. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 I am doing your business here as indefatigably as if I were robbing nabobs in India, or setting up republics at home. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 "About what?" asked the nabob, deeply interested in the narrative. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder More and more severely did Clive press upon the nabob. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire See wealth. rich man. nabob, Crœoeus, Dives, plutocrat, millionaire. richness, n. opulence, wealth, affluence; abundance, profusion; luxuriance, sumptuousness, costliness, elegance, fertility, fecundity. Putnam's Word Book The overthrow of the nabob was followed by placing in power one of the conspirators against him, a creature of the English, and dependent upon them for support. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 He married the woman, and became something of a local nabob, with the reputation of great severity as a master. The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights In a few moments more the rattle of his wagon was heard, as he drove off, indignant and disgusted at the indifference of the nabob in refusing to take an interest in his brilliant enterprise. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder He was sure, however, that the instant he had gone, and the English force was greatly weakened, the nabob would again commence hostilities; and the belief was shared by all in India. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire The nabob dwelt in a magnificent tent, covered above with cloth of gold, and spread below with Turkey carpets, having declared he would not desist from the siege till he had won the castle. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The nabob of that province had died, and his successor, a young man of nineteen, attacked Calcutta. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 Three months ago I thought my fortune was made, and that I might come home a South American nabob. California Four Months among the Gold-Finders, being the Diary of an Expedition from San Francisco to the Gold Districts He was admitted by the nabob himself, who answered his own bell at this door. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder A party are already in the Hoogly; and the nabob is going to start, in a few days, to his army there. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire The 23d, Lacandus, the Banian, came down to us, with news of discontent and hard speeches that had passed between the nabob and our merchants, but who were now again reconciled. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time To be a cashier, though worthy, is not to be a nabob, but a bachelor can save a lot out of over twenty years of regular salary. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories It was late in the afternoon when Newton arrived at the residence of the colonel, when he perceived immediately that everything was on the establishment of an old Indian nabob. Newton Forster The nabob was no better satisfied with Donald's answers than he had been with those of Laud Cavendish, except that the former looked him full in the face when he spoke. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder Two days ago a letter came from the viceroy; or, as we generally call him, the nabob, to Mr. Drake, ordering him instantly to demolish all the fortifications which he understood he had been erecting. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire But it pleased God, who beheld the injustice of his attempt, to turn the event contrary to the expectations both of the viceroy and the nabob. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The great army of returned nabobs, of directors, of proprietors of East India stock, rose up in all its immense force. Burke And so, borne aloft by the smooth force of the electric motor, they presently reached the upper floor where "Tiger" Waldron laired in stately splendor, like the nabob that he was. The Air Trust Mr. Hasbrook began to look hopeful; for the last remark of the nabob indicated a possible termination of the conversation. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder The nabob had gathered an army of ten thousand foot and fifteen thousand horse, and advanced against Calcutta, arriving before the town on the 2nd February, 1757. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire But the nabob sent me word, that he sought for no such thing, and was resolved to conclude no peace, unless we were included. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time When his canvas gave out, he painted his ankles to caricature the violent creations that were the pride of Chatterton, who was a nabob. Murder in Any Degree Rather, perhaps, keep in the tread-mill of business awhile longer, and then be the nabob in earnest. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 He appeared to be interested in the box, and he looked at it all the time, with only an impatient glance occasionally at the nabob, who appeared to be trifling with his bright hopes. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder The very offer of the nabob showed him that the latter was alarmed. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire I went accordingly ashore with about 140 men, part pikes, and part firelocks, who gave me a volley of small arms as I entered the nabob's tent. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time "What is he going to do to the Central Pacific nabobs if they don't discharge their Chinese laborers?" asked Adrian. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts Mr. B. from Kentucky, whom I took for so rich a nabob, referred to among the passengers when out of New York. The Adventures of a Forty-niner An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days The boat-builder had not the courage to offer her his arm, though some of the sons of the nabobs had done so to the ladies; but he kept at her side. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder He concluded by expressing his willingness to accede to the nabob's proposal, and to negotiate. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire The nabob received me with much kindness, seeming much pleased at my coming ashore to him. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The nabob's tent was reached; Suffren was fat, he had great difficulty in sitting upon the carpets; Hyder Ali perceived this and ordered cushions to be brought. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 Feigning not to hear him, Friend Hopper looked round at the pictures and rich furniture, and said with a smile, "Why, thou livest like a nabob here!" Isaac T. Hopper "Then it is not good," added Leach, who did not quite comprehend the nabob's mathematics. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder Clive, unwilling to face a coalition between the French and the nabob, was in favour of acceding to the nabob's orders. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire Soon after the nabob came to the shore, and we took boat together, going on board my ship. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Next day, under the nabob's tent, all the courses of the banquet offered to M. de Suffren were prepared in European style. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 The nabob is hospitality itself, and will be delighted to see you if he is to the fore when you go. Fenton's Quest The counter-jumper started when he turned the corner of the shop, and saw the nabob seated there. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder The nabob had with him forty or fifty Frenchmen, commanded by Monsieur Saint Frais, formerly one of the council of Chandranagore. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire The nabob then went away to Surat, and not long after his tent was taken down and went after him, with all the rest of his carriages. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The admiral proposed that Hyder Ali should go to the coast and see all the fleet dressed, but, "I put myself out to see you only," said the nabob, "I will not go any farther." A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 I was to dine the other day at a great nabob's, that must be nameless, who, between ourselves, is strongly suspected of—being very rich, that's all. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays "But you did not stick to it," added the nabob. The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder Some native officers went in search of some building where the prisoners could be confined, but every room in the fort had already been taken possession of, by the nabob's soldiers and officers. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire The 28th, the nabob sent great store of provisions to the viceroy, as goats, bread, plantains, and the like, together with a banquet of sweetmeats. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time "Provided that you remain with us, all will go well," said the nabob, detaching from his turban an aigrette of diamonds which he placed on M. de Suffren's hat. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 In a week I become used to everything, and in a month I forget my humble concern on Swift Creek and feel as much a nabob as any of them…. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime So, too, with the carriages of the nabobs. Cuba, Old and New The brutal nabob expressed no regret for what had happened, but loaded him with abuse, on account of the paucity of the treasure, and ordered him to be placed in confinement. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire I had long wished to see this man, who, till now, could never get leave of the nabob, without which no one dared use that freedom. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The nabob's will had not soothed their tempers; and I was honoured with their most smiling animosity. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 348, December 27, 1828 Mr. Rupert is married, I s'pose you heard, sir--and living away like a nabob with his bride, in one of the best houses in town. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" The nabobs had their volantes, still occasionally, but with increasing rarity, seen in some parts of the island. Cuba, Old and New He therefore refused the nabob's request, and then sent messengers to Calcutta, to treat. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire The nabob sent me word that the viceroy proposed to assault me this day, and therefore sent Coge Nozan to guard the land. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time How could one of our lordly nabobs of the South, sit in Congress with perhaps one of his own manumitted slaves as a representative from Liberia or Hayti! Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West Thus, if the letter n be prefixed to the former, and the sound of b suffixed, the result is the term for soup, nabob. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers "They say all Indian nabobs are enormously rich." Vanity Fair Clive's intentions were to march first against the battery which had played on him so effectually the day before; and, having carried this, to march directly against the garden in which the nabob was encamped. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire The nabob had this intelligence from the Jesuits, with whom he kept on fair terms, for his better security, if he should have been put to the worst. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time They join the church and align themselves with that political party to which the local nabobs belong. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 "I thought it best not to ask; but you may be sure it is to some horrid old nabob, or to some dissipated little duke." The American What has led me to this, is the idea of such merit as Mr. Allan possesses, and such riches as a nabob or government contractor possesses, and why they do not form a mutual league. The Letters of Robert Burns He wrote, however, himself, a threatening, and indeed violent letter to the nabob, ordering him to give his consent. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire The 14th, the nabob sent a great man, who, in token of friendship, was called his brother, to visit me. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The punishment of death is too severe, when we consider that nabobs are among us, who laid the foundations of their wealth, as slaving merchants, when slaving was legal. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast Nevertheless I think like Sancho Panza with respect to his governorship: To whom God gives an office, to him he gives understanding; and when I have my island I shall rule it like a nabob.' The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller The customary rich and whimsical nabob, whom we all know so well, has returned to England, and is deliberating upon the claims to his wealth of his several relations. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 On the river bank, a little in advance of the grove, was a hunting box belonging to the nabob, surrounded by a masonry wall. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire The 18th, the nabob sent to me Cage Arson Ali, the sabandar, and other merchants of Surat, requesting me to remain for fifteen days, which I would in no sort consent to. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time I lost this bracelet at the house of the rich nabob, Alfred Sassoon. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt Arrived in Wales, our nabob endeavoured to attach himself to country pursuits--purchased adjoining estates--employed many labourers--and greatly improved his property. A Love Story There were nabobs in those days—in the "flush times," I mean. Roughing It, Part 5. Soon after daylight, the nabob's troops moved out from their intrenchments, and it was evident that he was aware of the position of the English. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire In the morning of the 25th, the nabob came down with a great train, with six other elephants, and was two hours at the water side before I knew of his arrival. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time He was the young son of an Ohio nabob and was out there for recreation. Roughing It, Part 3. He had acquired great wealth, and, after a residence of twenty-five years in the Bengal Presidency, had returned to England a confirmed bachelor, and a wealthy nabob. A Love Story In Nevada there used to be current the story of an adventure of two of her nabobs, which may or may not have occurred. Roughing It, Part 5. Consequently their balls, for the most part, went far over the heads of the English; and the four field guns of Saint Frais did more execution than the fifty heavy pieces of the nabob. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire Two or three days afterwards, they had access to the nabob, to whom they explained our desires, as before expressed. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time In a country where poverty is a crime, it is good to be able to say that a nabob need not as such be a gentleman. Amiel's Journal I am told that attendance on Divine Service is sadly lax among our wealthy nabobs; that it is even a practice to give entertainments on the Sabbath, when other than sacred music is performed. The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty He put it into the heads of the nabobs of this vineyard that nurses should 'appear at the Nurses' Ball in regulation uniform only.' The Christian A Story At first, the nabob endeavoured to secure their fidelity by issuing a considerable amount of pay. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire The 9th, the nabob's son came to the shore, but would not venture on board, wherefore I went ashore to him. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Theoretically my opinions were very much more liberal than those of my brother, who, especially after his marriage, became what our Indian nabobs call a Bahadoor—a person ceremonious, stately, and exacting respect. The Virginians It consisted mainly of the great landed aristocracy, who had quite absorbed the nabobs of India, and had nearly appropriated the huge West Indian fortunes. Endymion F. B., sir, has a station in the world; F. B. moves among moneyers and City nobs, and eats cabobs with wealthy nabobs. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family The latter immediately sent a party of his retainers, who captured the nabob without difficulty. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire I represented also to them, the jealousy entertained of us by the nabob and other chief men of the country, because we had refrained from firing at the saucy bragging frigates. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time He had a spacious mansion in Bloomsbury Square, but this was now let to a great nabob, and he himself lived in close-shorn splendour in a small house in St. James's. The Yeoman Adventurer Lord Mowbray was the grandson of a waiter, who had gone out to India a gentleman's valet, and returned a nabob. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction The influence of his family's rank and wealth acted more or less on all those simple folks, who would run on his errands and vied with each other in winning the young nabob's favour. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family It is certain that the nabob would not have remained faithful to his engagements, when the danger which wrung the concessions from him had passed. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire When we parted at the water side, the nabob gave me four baskets of grapes. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The 'jade' referred to was the nabob's only daughter and heiress, who was, as all the town knew, to make a great match. The Yeoman Adventurer More especially, their extra precautions in engaging the services of several spies, necessitate a considerable expenditure, so that, in port, the diversion of gambling rises to the dignity of a nabob luxury. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War I said then the fools would get enough of slavery before they'd done with it; and I reckon they're beginning to find it out, not only the rowdies, but the nabobs that set 'em on. A Romance of the Republic But nothing was more likely than that, at the news of the first disaster which befell his troops, the nabob would order his captives to be put to death. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire It has still a strong castle, held by a refractory chief of the Rajapoots, and was besieged by the nabob, having fifty or sixty thousand men in his camp. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time As he smacked his lips while going on deck, he thought to himself, these nabobs drink famous good wine. Precaution He didn't look the millionaire, or nabob, or anything else but a modest little man full of joy at getting into the country. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville "How is that possible," inquired Mr. Bruteman, "when you have married the daughter of a Boston nabob?" A Romance of the Republic Meer Jaffier, the nabob's general, himself offered to Mr. Watts to turn traitor, if the succession to the kingdom was bestowed upon him. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire This theater had a colored gallery, and the shaded gentry were required to pay as much for admission to the gallery at the far end of the building as did the nabobs in the parquet. Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul "Never mind who I am," retorted the other in a grumpy tone; "the original question is 'who are the nabobs?'" Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation The nabob would stand for bill No. 1, without a doubt. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville Say, a nabob like you might give us a tip. The Magnetic North Whether or not he threatened to divulge the plot to the nabob, unless his demands were satisfied, is doubtful. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire Colonel W-----, is a great man in these parts Like most village nabobs, he's a corpulent gentleman with a great show of dignity, and in a white vest and gold-headed cane, looks eminently respectable. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 23, September 3, 1870 "You haven't informed me who the nabobs are, nor why they choose to be sidetracked in this forsaken stone-quarry," remarked the stranger, eyeing the bleak hills around him in the growing light of dawn. Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation He had been racking his brain for a way to get more money out of the nabob, for the idea had become a veritable passion with him and now occupied all his thoughts. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville The story opens with a great feast, lasting one hundred and eighty days, given by the King Ahasuerus to all the nabobs of the realm. Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People Openly, he was the friend and confidant of the nabob while, all the time, he was engaged in bribing and corrupting his officers, and in plotting with his enemies. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire He owns all this part and is as rich as a nabob, but he isn't married, so he lives up here all alone, with two or three Chinese servants in the house. The Happy Adventurers His first gruff resentment had been in a manner disarmed and he dearly loved to talk, especially on so interesting a subject as "the nabobs." Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation But the fool nabob may as well spend it thet way as any other. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville Sir, I value a sentiment of six lines in my piece no more than a nabob does a rupee. Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01 The nabob, who had also retired into the town, had two hundred horse and a huge retinue of attendants. With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire The orphan lad; the widow's son; And Fortune's favored care— The wealthy born, for whom she hath Macadamized the future path— The nabob's pampered heir! The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe Skim Clark, the youthful hope of the Widow Clark, who "run the Emporium," happened to be in the store and he rushed out to spread the news that "the nabob's talkin' to New Yoruk!" Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation Sometimes they took him to ride, as he grew better, and the fact that Joe "were hand an' glove wi' the nabobs" lent him a distinction he had never before possessed. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville As the height of land was left behind, almost immediately the palaces and spacious grounds of the nabobs gave way to the mean streets and wooden warrens of the working people. The Little Lady of the Big House When we cease toadying to brainless nabobs, and quit imitating them as soon as we get the money, we will be on the road to reformation. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers It's not so long ago that lords and nabobs monopolised these pleasures; but nowadays i a month's tour in Switzerland is no more a jeu de prince than a Sunday excursion. Italian Hours It was evident he remembered meeting Mr. Merrick, for he smiled and returned the "nabob's" nod. Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation He would, of course, call on the nabob, presently, and render an account of the money he had received. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville He was the master of a palace of servants, a steam yacht, stables, and, as well, of a summer palace down the Peninsula in the nabob colony at Menlo. The Little Lady of the Big House Up in Copperhead Camp I was a nabob, here I'm a nobody. West Wind Drift The woman who had deserted the rich nabob. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story There was no longer any secret as to the plans of the "nabobs"; it was generally understood that those terribly aggressive girls were going to inflict a daily paper on the community. Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation "The young lady, sir—" "Oh, the girls are loaded with books," growled the nabob. Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville I am very well fixed myself—in fact, some of my friends call me, ha! ha!—the nabob. Do and Dare — a Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune He is not living a life of pleasure-seeking and dissipation, like so many other young nabobs in the city. An Original Belle The old nabob had neatly slipped away in the night, on a special engine, and the Captain heard all the growing tattle of Delhi, as to the social activity at the marble house. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story "But about the nabob—Mr. Merrick, I think you called him?" Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation Ten dollars!—Ten dollars gone to the dogs as the result of his visit to the nabob that morning! Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville One returned from the East Indies with but a moderate fortune of fifty or sixty thousand pounds, a diminutive nabob: a term borrowed from the chicken turtle. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue If you want to catch the free and equal nabob of a glorious republic, bait up with a little nobility and you'll have your salt wet in no time. Cape Cod Stories If the old nabob wrote directly via Brindisi to his brother, then the acute old Scotch Professor may be on his guard now! A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story He wanted him so well hated by the "nabobs" who had grown crusty and incompetent in high command that life for him in any northern garrison would be impossible. Rung Ho! Dignitaries, magistrates, nabobs, are turning out in her honor. Rainbow's End I will drop metaphors, lest some nabob should take me au pi`e de la lettre, fit out an expedition, plunder your city, and massacre you for weighing too many carats. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Doing this 'ere makes me a nabob in the town-another time I'm from New York, and has monstrous letters of introduction to the squire. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter Now, he properly has the custody of the dead nabob's will. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story The nabob instantly acted on my selfish hint. Love Me Little, Love Me Long His early history, like that of many other heroes, was enveloped in the profoundest obscurity; though he threw out hints of a patrimonial estate, a nabob uncle, and an unfortunate affair which sent him a-roving. Omoo Those regius-professors the nabobs have taught men not to plunder for farthings. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Pardon me, my dear Marston, you live with the comfort of a nabob. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter "Are you going down there soon?" asked the old nabob, with a growing uneasiness. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story He had not heard her father's remark of the night before, "Jasmine will marry that nabob—you'll see." The Judgment House The nabob of Oude might stand for the king of Prussia; the nabob of Arcot I would compare, as superior in territory and equal in revenue, to the elector of Saxony. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke Is he revolting and setting up for himself, like our nabobs in India? or is he forming Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, into the united provinces in the compass of a silver penny? The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 We had gone there and bought rattling outfits of good clothes, and were resting from our labours among the nabobs. Sixes and Sevens With a knee on the panting nabob's breast, he hissed: "Move, and you are a dead man!" A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story Ian had called him, "my South African nabob," in tribute to the millions he had made with Cecil Rhodes and others at Kimberley and on the Rand. The Judgment House What words, what notes of exclamation can describe the nabob's astonishment? The Book of Snobs The favours of courts and the smiles of emperors and kings, I see, have corrupted even you, and perverted you to a nabob. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 He was once a broker Down by the exchange; He is now a nabob— Don't you think it strange? Poems "I suppose, General," lightly said the Major, "the old nabob will marry and retire to Europe on his coming baronetcy." A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story The contrast had not been wholly to the advantage of the nabob; though, to be sure, he was simply arrayed—as if, indeed, he were not worth a thousand a year. The Judgment House The nabob was no longer to have even an ostensible share in the government; but he was still to receive a considerable annual allowance, and to be surrounded with the state of sovereignty. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 Indeed, firing is very dear, and nabobs very scarce. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 The Zemindar became a great nabob, became sovereign of all India; the two hundred sepoys became two hundred thousand. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 The old nabob crept nearer, growling: "You shall never see the child's face!" A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story Down in the library her stepmother was saying to her father, "You are right, Jasmine will marry the nabob." The Judgment House The personal allowance of the nabob, amounting to more than three hundred thousand pounds a year, passed through the minister's hands, and was, to a great extent, at his disposal. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 "This lord must be either a magician or a nabob," thoughtfully remarked Marianne; "it must have required millions to effect all this." The Daughter of an Empress For them, every rich foreigner is a nabob, no matter whence he comes. The Nabob Simpson and a squad of non-commissioned officers watched where the flickering lights gleamed down upon the dead nabob. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story As they left the box the girl's white-haired, prematurely aged father whispered in the pretty stepmother's ear: "Jasmine'll marry that nabob—you'll see." The Judgment House An infant son of Meer Jaffier was now nabob; and the guardianship of the young prince's person had been confided to the minister. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 Natalie asked neither whether he was a magician, a millionaire, or a nabob; she only thought she was to see him, and be allowed to thank him—nothing further. The Daughter of an Empress If your nabob is a nabob, he can very well afford to give madame the furniture. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life With one silent glance of veiled recognition, Alan Hawke returned to his diplomatic fence with the wary old nabob who sat at the head of the glittering table. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story I’ll no deny, however, that the nabob, before he left the town, made some small presents to my wife and dochter; but that was no fault o’ mine. The Provost "I am very sure no nabob would have sent me a pair of horses worth 32,000 francs, wearing on their heads four diamonds valued at 5,000 francs each." The Count of Monte Cristo The old nabob's heart leaped up in a welcome relief at this command. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story "Go and see Madame du Val-Noble, whom I discover in a box on the third tier with her nabob.—A great many nabobs grow in the Indies," she added, with a knowing glance at Lucien. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life "We were delayed a day by my own private business," genially cried the nabob. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story The lawyer with whom he spent his first day was astounded at the peculiar nature of the last will and testament which the old nabob ordered him to draft at once. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story The old nabob was in a close corner now. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story Before the nabob awoke, Captain Henry Hardwicke, swinging away on his morning gallop, had reviewed the strange attitude of Major Hawke. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story He had found the door open, and looked in as he went by to see how his old friend played his part as nabob. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life The whole room bore the evidence of a thorough ransacking, and the disordered clothing of the nabob proved, too, that the body had been rifled. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story For these last days of waiting had been only a mental torture to the nabob assailed by rallying gossipers. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story The old nabob knew that the desperate woman in her reckless mood feared nothing.— A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story No, it is a relic of the nabob.—What ill-luck I have, my dear! Scenes from a Courtesan's Life And them," said Esther, answering Lucien with another look of intelligence, while still speaking to the Baron, "bring her here with her nabob; he is very anxious to make your acquaintance. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life And he mentally resolved to sell her out and out to the liberal old nabob. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story After being bankrupt in his own part of town, a merchant turns up as a nabob or a dandy in the Champs-Elysees with impunity!—Oh! Scenes from a Courtesan's Life He cast a knowing look back at Carlos, who replied by an assenting nod, understanding that the nabob was to keep up his part. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life "He has found me out as a nabob." Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Contenson made a show of the cold insolence of a nabob's confidential servant; he was taciturn, abrupt, scornful, and uncommunicative, and indulged in fierce exclamations and uncouth gestures. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life The furious onslaught had failed, and the old nabob was only a cowering, cringing prisoner at will. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story "Monsieur Peyrade," said the gendarme to the nabob, speaking in his ear, "my instructions are to take you to the Prefecture." Scenes from a Courtesan's Life Five days after the nabob's disappearance, Madame du Val-Noble was sitting by Esther's bedside weeping, for she felt herself on one of the slopes down to poverty. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life "But your nabob must have got some idea in his head." Scenes from a Courtesan's Life To keep her for a month, which will not cost me more than a thousand crowns, I have got myself up as a nabob and taken Contenson as my servant. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life |
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