"Confidence man" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Putnam's, is an historical romance of the American Revolution, based on the hero's own account of his adventures, as given in a little volume picked up by Mr. Melville at a book-stall. The story is well told, but the book is hardly worthy of the author of 'Typee.' 'The Confidence Man' (1857), his last serious effort in prose fiction, does not ...
— Typee - A Romance of the South Sea • Herman Melville
... a confidence man by a gentleman of Leary's professional eminence gave Archie a thrill. The Governor answered by drawing up his sleeves and going through the motions of washing ...
— Blacksheep! Blacksheep! • Meredith Nicholson |
