Quotes About Boarding-house

The landlady of a boarding-house is a parallelogram - that is, an oblong angular figure, which cannot be described, but which is equal to anything

Any two meals at a boarding-house are together less than two square meals.

Boarding-House Geometry DEFINITIONS AND AXIOMS All boarding-houses are the same boarding-house. Boarders in the same boarding-house and on the same flat are equal to one another. A single room is that which has no parts and no magnitude. The landlady of a boarding-house is a

The landlady of a boarding-house is a parallelogram--that is, an oblong figure, which cannot be described, but which is equal to anything.

Henry lived in a boarding-house in Guildford Street.

Cupid, who never shoots with a surer aim than through the steam of boarding-house hash, sniped him where he sat.

Mr. Mackenzie endeavoured to persuade me to buy a bed, but I refused for I had decided to have a new one. The bed in Mrs. Hall's boarding-house with its queer musty smell had given me a horror of second-hand beds and bedding. My refusal pained Mr. Mackenzie and to soothe his injured feelings I consented to buy a large old-fashioned chest of drawers and a standard lamp with a parchment shade.