Skeggs

Peter Skeggs, MaidenheadWhy are duvet covers closed with buttons or press studs?

Notes and queries: Why are atoms so small? That's some catch, that Catch-22; The problem with duvet zips; What about the jellyfish? 2011

And as he does, Mr. Skeggs, a history lecturer, sneaks wary looks over his shoulder.

The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper 2009

And as he does, Mr. Skeggs, a history lecturer, sneaks wary looks over his shoulder.

The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper 2009

And as he does, Mr. Skeggs, a history lecturer, sneaks wary looks over his shoulder.

The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper 2009

And as he does, Mr. Skeggs, a history lecturer, sneaks wary looks over his shoulder.

The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper 2009

Skeggs condescended to observe, that the young ladies, from the opinion she could form of them from so slight an acquaintance, seemed very fit for such employments: ‘But a thing of this kind, Madam,’ cried she, addressing my spouse, requires a thorough examination into characters, and a more perfect knowledge of each other.

The Vicar of Wakefield 2004

Others, no doubt, considered the introduction of Miss Skeggs and Lady

Goldsmith English Men of Letters Series William Black 1869

Skeggs, with his palmetto on and his cigar in his mouth, walks around to put farewell touches on his wares.

Uncle Tom's cabin, or Life among the lowly 1852

"Besides, my dear Skeggs," continued our Peeress, "there is nothing of this in the copy of verses that Doctor Burdock made upon the occasion."

The Vicar of Wakefield 1766

At last, Miss Carolina Wilelmina Amelia Skeggs condescended to observe, that the young ladies, from the opinion she could form of them from so slight an acquaintance, seemed very fit for such employments: 'But a thing of this kind, Madam,' cried she, addressing my spouse, requires a thorough examination into characters, and a more perfect knowledge of each other.

The Vicar of Wakefield Oliver Goldsmith 1752