I have been meditating on the very great pleasurewhich a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow.
( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'He always falls down when he's took out o' the cab,' continued thedriver, 'but when he's in it, we bears him up werry tight, and takeshim in werry short, so as he can't werry well fall down; and we've gota pair o' precious large wheels on, so ven he does move, they run afterhim, and he must go on--he can't help it.
His scanty black trousers displayed hereand there those shiny patches which bespeak long service, and werestrapped very tightly over a pair of patched and mended shoes, as if toconceal the dirty white stockings, which were nevertheless distinctlyvisible.
Two card-tables were made up in the adjoiningcard-room, and two pair of old ladies, and a corresponding number ofstout gentlemen, were executing whist therein.
Colonel Bulder and Lady Clubber was of the mostaffectionate description; Colonel Bulder and Sir Thomas Clubberexchanged snuff-boxes, and looked very much like a pair of AlexanderSelkirks--'Monarchs of all they surveyed.
Therewere a couple of shelves, with a few plates and cups and saucers; anda pair of stage shoes and a couple of foils hung beneath them.
Mr. Pickwick fully entered into the spirit of this eulogium, but hecould not exactly re-echo its terms; for the soft light of intelligenceburned rather feebly in the eyes of the warriors, inasmuch as thecommand 'eyes front' had been given, and all the spectator saw beforehim was several thousand pair of optics, staring straight forward,wholly divested of any expression whatever.
Isabella and Emily had strolled out with Mr. Trundle;the deaf old lady had fallen asleep in her chair; the snoring of the fatboy, penetrated in a low and monotonous sound from the distant kitchen;the buxom servants were lounging at the side door, enjoying thepleasantness of the hour, and the delights of a flirtation, on firstprinciples, with certain unwieldy animals attached to the farm; andthere sat the interesting pair, uncared for by all, caring for none, anddreaming only of themselves; there they sat, in short, like a pair ofcarefully-folded kid gloves--bound up in each other.