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For his friends and cronies, he had a pompous old schoolmaster, who flattered him, and a toady, his senior, whom he could thrash.

And maybe there was no better revenge against the examining judge and his cronies than to take this woman from him and have her for himself.

Him Satan fleers,Mocker:And therefore he left out her nameFrom the first draft but he did not leave outThe presents for his granddaughter, for his daughters,For his sister, for his old cronies in StratfordAnd in London.

This was evidently local pleasantry, for the old man cackled over it, and his cronies joined in with gusto.

I could see from the old fellow's self-satisfied air and the way in which he looked round for the approval of his cronies that he was "showing off," so I put in a word to keep him going:-- "Oh, Mr. Swales, you can't be serious.

Rough laughter came from the front of the chamber, where Camon sat with a half-dozen cronies enjoying a typical afternoon of ale and crass jokes.

In fact, except his game of whist with some old cronies, that is about all the entertainment he seeks.

He would have drifted on with a few mentally compatible cronies who would have accepted him for what he was--a good fellow--and Jennie in the end would not have been so much better off than she was now.

In November 2007, the European Union announced new sanctions banning investment and trade in Burmese gems, timber and precious stones, while the United States expanded its sanctions list to include more Burmese government and military officials and their family members, as well as prominent regime business cronies, their family members, and associated companies.

JEKYLL WAS QUITE AT EASE A FORTNIGHT later, by excellent good fortune, the doctor gave one of his pleasant dinners to some five or six old cronies, all intelligent, reputable men and all judges of good wine; and Mr. Utterson so contrived that he remained behind after the others had departed.

In old days Stamford had never been a particular crony of mine, but now I hailed him with enthusiasm, and he, in his turn, appeared to be delighted to see me.

They would sit for hours, these two, so far apart in age and experience, and, like old cronies, discuss with tireless monotony the slow events of the day.

His closest cronies sat at the table with him, ale-and laughter-flowing freely.

He invited little Rawdon's crony from school, and made both the children sick with pastry, and oysters, and porter after the play.

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