As to the minor priests and acolytes of that temple, the result of all this was that they stood divided into two classes, and, down to the
junior messenger, either believed in the Circumlocution Office as a heaven-born institution that had an absolute right to do whatever it liked; or took refuge in total infidelity, and considered it a flagrant nuisance.
Pocket,
Junior's, idea of Shortly was not mine, for I had nearly maddened myself with looking out for half an hour, and had written my name with my finger several times in the dirt of every pane in the window, before I heard footsteps on the stairs.
Little did my highly-connected mother think that, among the colored prints in the shop-window, which disrespectfully illustrated the public and private proceedings of distinguished individuals, certain specimens bearing the classic signature of "Thersites
Junior," were produced from designs furnished by her studious and medical son.
Monsieur Poiret
junior, called "
junior" to distinguish him from his brother Monsieur Poiret senior (now living in the Maison Vanquer, where Poiret
junior sometimes dined, intending to end his days in the same retreat), had spent thirty years in the Civil Service.
Then, emphasising his words with his loud voice and frequent gestures, he related the history of the Mormons from Biblical times: how that, in Israel, a Mormon prophet of the tribe of Joseph published the annals of the new religion, and bequeathed them to his son Mormon; how, many centuries later, a translation of this precious book, which was written in Egyptian, was made by Joseph Smith,
junior, a Vermont farmer, who revealed himself as a mystical prophet in 1825; and how, in short, the celestial messenger appeared to him in an illuminated forest, and gave him the annals of the Lord.
"That you won't," said Gilbert, wondering uneasily if it were that confounded
Junior's opinion in particular over which Anne was worried.
After the removal of the cloth, and the singing of Non Nobis (beautifully executed, and in which we were at no loss to distinguish the bell-like notes of that gifted amateur, WILKINS MICAWBER, ESQUIRE,
JUNIOR), the usual loyal and patriotic toasts were severally given and rapturously received.
Ide,
junior." Two previous poems had appeared in the "Broadway journal" over the signature of "A.
As he stroked his closeclipped white whiskers and ran his hand through the rumpled grey locks above his jutting brows, his disrespectful
junior partner thought how much he looked like the Family Physician annoyed with a patient whose symptoms refuse to be classified.
Old Osborne, who took matters more easily in the City now, where he left his affairs to his
junior partners, would often ride out with Miss O.
I was the
junior in her, a third mate, keeping watch with the chief officer; and it was just during one of the night watches in a strong, freshening breeze that I overheard two men in a sheltered nook of the main deck exchanging these informing remarks.
"Only a few weeks after the war began," Thsomson continued thoughtfully, "two French generals, four or five colonels, and over twenty
junior and non-commissioned officers were court-martialled for espionage.