Fledgeby's

-- And worse: behold the dustman's mounds of Boffin's Bower, supposedly in the near vicinity of Holloway, looming in this abridged metropolis over Fascination Fledgeby's rooms in the Albany, the West End's very heart!

The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

And it was not a mere retort for the sound's sake, but was a cheerful cogent consequence of the refusal; for if Lammle had applied himself again to the loaf, it would have been so heavily visited, in Fledgeby's opinion, as to demand abstinence from bread, on his part, for the remainder of that meal at least, if not for the whole of the next.

Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841

But is felled flat by Fledgeby's taking it quite ill, and replying, No, he don't like town.

Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841

This repudiation was not only an act of deliberate policy on Fledgeby's part, in case of his being surprised by any other caller, but was also a retort upon Miss Wren for her over-sharpness, and a pleasant instance of his humour as regarded the old Jew.

Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841

Perceiving, as Fledgeby's affronts cumulated, that conciliation by no means answered the purpose here, he now directed a scowling look into Fledgeby's small eyes for the effect of the opposite treatment.

Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841

Fledgeby's mother's family had been very much offended with her for being poor, and broke with her for becoming comparatively rich.

Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841

In facetious homage to the smallness of his talk, and the jerky nature of his manners, Fledgeby's familiars had agreed to confer upon him (behind his back) the honorary title of Fascination

Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841

Fledgeby's mother offended her family by marrying Fledgeby's father.

Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841

Fledgeby's small eyes opened so wide that they might have passed for ordinary-sized eyes, as he stared about him for the very young person whom he supposed to be in question.

Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841

This was Fledgeby's habitual reflection in the way of business, and it was sharpened just now by the old man's presuming to have a secret from him: though of the secret itself, as annoying somebody else whom he disliked, he by no means disapproved.

Our Mutual Friend Charles Dickens 1841