I introduced him to her, and left her to improve the impression: 'tis well I was married in time; a nabob is a dangerous rival. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Emily Montague] Reference
'tis well I was married in time; a nabob is a dangerous rival. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Emily Montague] Reference
I knew that Brice had been what we used to call a nabob and had made a fortune in India. ". From Wordnik.com. [Gatlinburg] Reference
"If your nabob is a nabob, he can very well afford to give madame the furniture. From Wordnik.com. [Scenes from a Courtesan's Life] Reference
“If your nabob is a nabob, he can very well afford to give madame the furniture. From Wordnik.com. [Scenes from a Courtesan's Life] Reference
But I forget, you are the heiress of a rich nabob!. From Wordnik.com. [The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies.] Reference
If writing to nabob, more flattery in letter of asker. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 16, 1841] Reference
Taitbout — where he lived, as a nabob, with Madame du. From Wordnik.com. [Scenes from a Courtesan's Life] Reference
She had the figure of a sylph, and the purse of a nabob. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 6, 1841,] Reference
“But your nabob must have got some idea in his head.”. From Wordnik.com. [Scenes from a Courtesan's Life] Reference
Eastern nabob, that he should sell the remaining portion of the land. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
"Wish I had this layout -- wouldn't I reach California like a nabob, though!". From Wordnik.com. [Bart Stirling's Road to Success Or, The Young Express Agent] Reference
Val – Noble, whom I discover in a box on the third tier with her nabob. —. From Wordnik.com. [Scenes from a Courtesan's Life] Reference
Our party ate at one table, and the Parsee nabob had his own in solitary state. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875] Reference
English management, and the nabob of Bengal was no longer nabob, except in name. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
That would have been the end of it if the nabob wasn't deceptive in his nonchalance. From Wordnik.com. [Tender Rebel]
Bengal Presidency, had returned to England a confirmed bachelor, and a wealthy nabob. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Story] Reference
For the proud young nabob beside her, or for the good-humored little coxcomb over here?. From Wordnik.com. [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 2, November, 1884] Reference
Why should she wish specially to motor to Rainier with that black-browed, querulous nabob?. From Wordnik.com. [The Rim of the Desert] Reference
Peyrade, bereft of Corentin, but seconded by Contenson, still kept up his disguise as a nabob. From Wordnik.com. [Scenes from a Courtesan's Life] Reference
Greece is not fit for a constitution, nor indeed for any other government but that of my nabob! '. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
Numbers of vessels were, of course, required to feed this African nabob with doubloons and merchandise. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
I knew I was wealthy, Nat, but when I looked over the books, I discovered that I am something of a nabob. From Wordnik.com. [Irresistible]
Lastly, there was Samayana, which was not his name either, from Bombay, -- a real, live East-Indian nabob. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885] Reference
He married the woman, and became something of a local nabob, with the reputation of great severity as a master. From Wordnik.com. [The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights] Reference
The maid giggled at James 'crudity, words she was used to but not expecting from such an elegant-looking nabob. From Wordnik.com. [Tender Rebel]
He had no business there, even if his sister was married to a member of the ton, even if he was something of a nabob. From Wordnik.com. [A Christmas Bride]
One nabob, having felt himself snubbed by a Rolls-Royce salesman, ordered six and had them turned into garbage trucks. From Wordnik.com. [Of Rajas and Rollers] Reference
In other words, while other nabob families tried to make themselves pass for quality, ours didn't, because we couldn't. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman]
You have now and again met with the phrase, "rich as a nabob," and have perhaps wondered what a nabob had to do with riches. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
Meer Jaffier was compelled to resign, with permission to retire to Calcutta, and Meer Cossim Ali was forthwith proclaimed nabob. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
It was, therefore, stretched on a plank, like a nabob in his palanquin, that the chimpanzee made his first appearance at Rockhouse. From Wordnik.com. [Willis the Pilot] Reference
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