Identifier: vanityfair01thac (find matches)
Title: Vanity fair
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 Fiske, Minnie Maddern, Mrs., 1865- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 British Female friendship Social classes Married women
Publisher: New York and Boston, H. M. Caldwell company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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which all the defeated British army was threatened, and stag-gering back to his bedchamber, he began wildly pulling thebell which summoned his valet. Isidor answered that summons. Jos had sunk in a chair—lie had torn off his neck-cloths, and turned down his collars,.and was sitting with both his hands lifted to his throat.
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Mn. Jos SHAVES OFF HIS MuSTACHIOS= yOS TAKES FLIGHT, AND THE WAR CLOSES. 347 Coupez-moi, Isidor, shouted he ; ^ vite ! Coupez-moi ! Isidor thought for a moment he had gone mad, and thatTie wished his valet to cut his throat. Les moustaches^ ^SiSp^d Jos; les moustaches—coupy^ rasy^vite !—his French was of this sort—voluble as we have said,but not remarkable for grammar. Isidor swept off the mustachios in no time with the razor,and heard with inexpressible delight his masters orders thathe should fetch a hat and a plain coat. Ne party ploo—habitmilitair—bomiy—donny a voo, prenny dehors—were Joss words—the coat and cap were at last his property. This gift being made, Jos selected a plain black coat andwaistcoat from his stock, and put on a large white neckclothand a plain beaver. If he could have got a shovel hat he wouldhave worn it. As it was, you would have fancied he was aflourishing, large parson of the Church of England. Venny matnteno?ig^ he continued, sweevy—all

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