Alec, as he made an entry in his own very neat
account-book.
From one of the drawers she took out an old household
account-book.
"This is the black-hearted hound's
account-book. These crosses stand for the names of ships or towns that they sank or plundered.
Accordingly, she polished the tablets, pointed the pencil, bought an immense
account-book, carefully stitched up with a needle and thread all the leaves of the Cookery Book which Jip had torn, and made quite a desperate little attempt
Let us suppose him keeping company with Common Sense--an excellent man--a good deal wrinkled--dreadfully practical--change for a ten-pound note in every pocket--ruled
account-book in his hand--say, upon the whole, resembling a tax-gatherer.
Then, reading from his
account-book as if he were repeating some devout prayer, in the middle of his delivery he raised his hand and gave him a sturdy blow on the neck, and then, with his own sword, a smart slap on the shoulder, all the while muttering between his teeth as if he was saying his prayers.
A young man with a pen behind his ear, and another with an
account-book in his hand, were setting down a number of figures, whilst a third counted and weighed.
If she persists in setting my orders at defiance, let her bring her
account-book into the library, while we are at lunch, and lay it out my desk.
The soul of man wanders through the uttermost regions of the universe, and she seeks to imprison it in the circle of her
account-book. Do you remember my wife?
Rawdon sat down in the study before the Baronet's table, set out with the orderly blue books and the letters, the neatly docketed bills and symmetrical pamphlets, the locked
account-books, desks, and dispatch boxes, the Bible, the Quarterly Review, and the Court Guide, which all stood as if on parade awaiting the inspection of their chief.
He was laid to rest with some ceremony as a man of importance, for in the
account-books of the parish we find these entries:--
I found besides half a dozen bills receipted (the doctor was a mirror of punctuality in the payment of tradesmen), note and letter-paper of the finest quality, clarified pens, a pretty little pin-cushion, two small
account-books filled with the neatest entries, and some leaves of blotting-paper.