Purkis

Purkis, whose self and whose acres Widower Reeves was just ready to annex.

The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Holman Day 1900

Was I to get on to the top form of my division, and if so, was it Langrish or Purkis who was to be displaced?

Tom, Dick and Harry Talbot Baines Reed 1872

"Of course, if you make the rule long enough," said Purkis, with lofty contempt, "you can get something in it about the man in the moon."

Tom, Dick and Harry Talbot Baines Reed 1872

Let old Purkis make the first, and I'll make the second, and

Tom, Dick and Harry Talbot Baines Reed 1872

One of the party, by the way, answering to the name of Purkis, appeared to be the leading spirit, and made the most valuable suggestions.

Tom, Dick and Harry Talbot Baines Reed 1872

Purkis, not having paid his subscription, naturally came out too low to be classed, but to give him a lift he was allowed to be stuck in between

Tom, Dick and Harry Talbot Baines Reed 1872

"What's the odds? the paper tells him he's out of it," replied Purkis.

Tom, Dick and Harry Talbot Baines Reed 1872

"Does your _mater_ take cream and sugar?" said Purkis to me, in an aside.

Tom, Dick and Harry Talbot Baines Reed 1872

Warminster thirds, Coxhead fourths, Purkis fifths, and the paupers sixth, that old Lang be and hereby is perpetual secretary of the

Tom, Dick and Harry Talbot Baines Reed 1872

I was, of course, voted to a place of honour in the former, along with Langrish, Trimble, and seven other Philosophers of the same kidney; while Coxhead, Warminster, and Purkis took official charge of the _Firefly_, with an equal number of passengers.

Tom, Dick and Harry Talbot Baines Reed 1872