"Broth of a boy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Macshane. You'll own, whin I've tould ye my story. And the janius adorning my race, Although I've no brass in my pocket, Mushagra! I've got lots in my face. For in rainy or sunshiny weather, I'm full of good whiskey and joy; And take me in parts altogether, By the pow'rs I'm a broth of a boy. ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete • Various
... subject I'm reminded of a broth of a boy who in days agone drove the team afield on my father's farm. One rare June day, when the sun was slowly sinking in the west, as the novelists say—and I believe that's where Old Sol usually sinks—he got mixed up with a bevy of industrious bumble-bees who were no respecters of persons—would ...
— Volume 12 of Brann The Iconoclast • William Cowper Brann
... story. And the janius adorning my race, Although I've no brass in my pocket, Mushagra! I've got lots in my face. For in rainy or sunshiny weather, I'm full of good whiskey and joy; And take me in parts altogether, By the pow'rs I'm a broth of a boy. ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, December 18, 1841 • Various
... till he was swelled like a tun; but the Squire berried him at his own expense. Well, Larry's haunt, on finding Sally out when he came home, was either at the Squire's kitchen, or Tom Hance's; and as he was the broth of a boy at dancing, the sarvints, when he'd go down, would send for Wilty to Hance's, if he didn't happen to be with themselves at the time, and strike up a dance in the kitchen; and, along with all, may be Larry would have a sup in ...
— The Ned M'Keown Stories - Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of - William Carleton, Volume Three • William Carleton
... 'Oh, you're a broth of a boy, ain't you?' returned Miss Mowcher, shaking her head violently. 'I said, what a set of humbugs we were in general, and I showed you the scraps of the Prince's nails to prove it. The Prince's nails do more for me in private families of the genteel sort, than ...
— David Copperfield • Charles Dickens |
