Paul Pry

Wafers "-- an instrument of diabolical torture for the unhappy Secretary, who already figured as" Paul Pry "in half a hundred of the more important papers.

The History of "Punch"

Unflinching in her crusade to expose the religious plots to take over the nation and the blatant graft and corruption in government, Royall launched her own newspaper, Paul Pry, in 1831.

Jeff Biggers: "Office Holders Are Desperate": 180 Years Before HuffPo, Anne Royall's Wicked Blogs Held DC Accountable

Anne Royall, Paul Pry, 1836 She would have skewered the ...

Jeff Biggers: "Office Holders Are Desperate": 180 Years Before HuffPo, Anne Royall's Wicked Blogs Held DC Accountable

The romance of the trade has fled, and the chimney – sweeper of the present day, is no more like unto him of thirty years ago, than is a Fleet – street pickpocket to a Spanish brigand, or Paul Pry to Caleb Williams.

Sketches by Boz

Let me add that Paul Pry was never intended as the _representative of any one individual_, but

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 479, March 5, 1831

Mr. Toole as _Paw Clawdian_; there was Liston as _Paul Pry_; there were any amount of portraits of his dear old friend Henry Irving.

The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly

This permitted me to retain a sort of quasi self-respect for a day or two till my honesty rallied itself, and forced me to realise and to admit that I was, to all intents and purposes, a common Paul Pry, performing a disreputable act for the gratification it gave me.

The Darrow Enigma

The inhabitants all belong to the _Paul Pry_ family.

My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself.

I felt somewhat shocked, and inclined to say with Paul Pry, 'Hope I don't intrude.'

Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited

Paul Pry of a Van Blarcom had imparted to the ship's authorities the suspicions he had shared with me.

The Firefly of France