His face was thin and haggard; but an indescribable air ofjaunty impudence and perfect self-possession pervaded the whole man.<>
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And yet this fine fellowwas the very first to go down to the house next morning and express hisreadiness to overlook the matter, and forget what had occurred!'The consumption of tobacco in these towns,' continues Mr. Pickwick,'must be very great, and the smell which pervades the streets must beexceedingly delicious to those who are extremely fond of smoking.<>
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Cladin a tight suit of corduroy, spangled with brass buttons of a veryconsiderable size, he at first stood at the door astounded anduncertain; but by degrees, the impression that his mother must havesuffered some personal damage pervaded his partially developed mind, andconsidering Mr. Pickwick as the aggressor, he set up an appallingand semi-earthly kind of howling, and butting forward with his head,commenced assailing that immortal gentleman about the back and legs,with such blows and pinches as the strength of his arm, and the violenceof his excitement, allowed.<>
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A dead silence pervaded the throng, broken only by theaudible lamentations of the women, and the shuffling steps of thebearers on the stone pavement.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Mr. Perker had had a dinner-party that day, as was testified by theappearance of lights in the drawing-room windows, the sound of animproved grand piano, and an improvable cabinet voice issuing therefrom,and a rather overpowering smell of meat which pervaded the steps andentry.<>
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