However, the sight of the scaffolding round our old quarters, and the cheery clink of the trowel, reminded us that out exile was not for long, and that in a brand-new faggery, on brand - new chairs, and round a brand-new table, we should shortly resume our pleasant discussions on the deepest questions with which the human mind can occupy itself. ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)
"They seem to think it so," observed Pridgin, as just then a loud chorus of war-whoops came up from the region of the faggery. ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)
At any rate, I felt heartily miserable, and wished I had never put foot outside the faggery that day. ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)
I was instantly greeted with all sorts of mock salutations and obeisances, and, whether I liked it or not, rushed off to the faggery to be tidied up. ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)
It is always a rare luxury to be envied by a Philosopher; and I think I duly appreciated my blessings, and showed it in the swagger with which I marched my man under the faggery window. ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)
As I joined my comrades in the faggery, in the fond hope of snatching a precious quarter of an hour for my neglected studies, I found great excitement and jubilation afoot. ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)
The faggery was no more, nor was the hall, or the dormitory. ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)
As soon as these personal matters were disposed of, I was tacitly admitted as a member of the honourable faggery, and invited to express my opinion on a matter which had been engaging the attention of the fraternity before I arrived. ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)
The faggery door had been locked against me, and a missive shoved under the bottom had apprised me of my fate in that quarter. ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)
And how jolly to tumble in at Sharpe's door once more, and slap one another on the back, and crowd up into the old familiar faggery, and hear all the old chaff and slang, interspersed with stories of the holidays, and second-hand Christmas jokes! ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)
As the faggery would only conveniently hold six persons, and as at least twenty were present, it was considered advisable to adjourn to the shoe-room, where, in the dim light of a small candle, several particularly revolutionary motions were discussed, the company sitting on the floor for the purpose. ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)
They were unkind enough to say I had mulled the whole thing, and to promise me untold penalties when they got me in the privacy of the faggery. ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)
It is also resolved that the faggery be fumigated and disinfected during the holidays, and that any chap seen talking to you be refused to be let in till he has been vaccinated. ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)
To their credit be it said, some of the faggery helped me out with my task, and as we all wrote in the same style of penmanship, namely, a back-handed slope spread out very wide to cover as much ground as possible, it was very difficult when all was done to believe that the performance was a co-operative one. ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)
Sweeten's fate was still fresh in the memory of some of the faggery. ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)
When in due time I returned, somewhat depressed by what I had overheard, to the faggery, I discovered that the particular occasion of the triumphal shout referred to had been a proposal by Langrish to celebrate the approaching Fifth of November by hanging, and, if possible, burning ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)
The faggery was astir early, and before breakfast the solemn ceremony of drawing lots for the scene of our revels took place. ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)
The Philosophers, when in due time they mustered in the faggery after their inspection of the scene of the outrage, were not slow in taking in the seriousness of the situation. ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)
That afternoon in the faggery our jubilant review of the situation was combined with a wind-up meeting of the Conversation Club for the term. ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)
"Where are you going?" demanded the faggery next afternoon, as I tried to desert them after afternoon chapel. ❋ Talbot Baines Reed (1872)
