Category: Humour
The intelligent reader--which epithet I take to be a synonym for every one who has perused the first part of the Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green,--will remember the statement, that the hero of the narrative "had gained so much experience during his Freshman's term, that, when...
The intelligent reader--which epithet I take to be a synonym for every one who has perused the first part of the Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green,--will remember the statement, t...
3. CHAPTER II.One morning, Mr. Verdant Green and Mr. Bouncer were lounging in the venerable gateway of Brazenface. The former gentleman, being of an amiable, tame-rabbit-keeping disposition,...
4. CHAPTER III.It was the evening of the fifth of November; the day which the Protestant youth of England dedicate to the memory of that martyr of gunpowder, the firework Faux, and which the y...
5. CHAPTER IV.It was ten minutes past nine, and Tom,[5] with sonorous voice, was ordering all College gates to be shut, when the wine party, which had just left Mr. Bouncer's room, passed rou...
6. CHAPTER V."Come in, whoever you are! don't mind the dogs!" shouted little Mr. Bouncer, as he lay, in an extremely inelegant attitude, in a red morocco chair, which was considerably the wo...
7. CHAPTER VI.November is not always the month of fog and mist and dulness. Oftentimes there are brilliant exceptions to that generally-received rule of depressing weather, which, in this mon...
8. CHAPTER VII."Hullo, Giglamps, you lazy beggar!" said the cheery voice of little Mr. Bouncer, as he walked into our hero's bedroom one morning towards the end of term, and found Mr. Verdant...
9. CHAPTER VIII.Christmas had come; the season of kindness, and hospitality; the season when the streams of benevolence flow full in their channels; the season when the Honourable Miss Hyems in...
10. CHAPTER IX.A stern stillness reigns around. The steps of men are muffled; no echoing footfalls disturb the solemn nature of the time. The little runnels weep icy tears. The dark pines hang...
11. SCENE I. _Syllable_ 1.--Enter the Miss Honeywoods, dressed infashionable bonnets and shawls. They are shown in by a footman (Mr. Bouncer) attired in a peculiarly ingenious and effective livery, made by pulling up the trousers to the knee,...
12. SCENE II. _Syllable_ 2.--The folding-doors open, and discover Mr.Verdant Green, as a sick gentleman, lying on a sofa, in a dressing-gown, with pillows under his head, and Miss Patty Honeywood in attendance upon him. A table, covered with glas...
13. SCENE III. _Syllable_ 3.--Mr. Verdant Green discovered sitting at atable furnished with pens and ink, books, and rolls of paper. Mr. Verdant Green wears on his head a Chelsea pensioner's cocked-hat (the "property" of the Family,--as Mr. Footeli...
14. SCENE IV. _The Word._--Miss Bouncer discovered with her camera,arranging her photographic chemicals. She soliloquises. "There! now, all is ready for my sitter." She calls the footman (Mr. Verdant Green), and says, "John, you may show the La...
15. CHAPTER X.The Christmas vacation passed rapidly away; the Honeywood family returned to the far north; and, once more, Mr. Verdant Green found himself within the walls of Brazenface. He an...
16. CHAPTER XI.Despite the hindrance which the _grande passion_ is supposed to bring to the student, Charles Larkyns had made very good use of the opportunities afforded him by the leisure of...
17. CHAPTER XII.The Commemoration had come; and, among the people who were drawn to the sight from all parts of the country, the Warwickshire coach landed in Oxford our friends Mr. Green, his t...