Simon Pure

“But did you ever see Foxley since you came to this country?” now enquired McCoy, having been prompted to ask this ingenious gentleman the question by the real Simon Pure, who in fact appeared much to enjoy the rhodomontade of his Irish relation.

Ralph Rashleigh 2004

I answered curtly, that the cream was chiefly water, and the sugar chiefly flour; but if they had been Simon Pure himself, was it anything but an aggravation of the offence to have them with nothing to eat them on?

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863 Various

"But that would be trespassing," said one conscientious boy, who went by the name of Simon Pure, because he never would join in any sport he thought wrong, and used to recall the master's prohibitions rather oftener to his forgetful companions than they liked.

Emilie the Peacemaker Mrs. Thomas Geldart

Arthur, leaving Fred and Simon Pure in the middle of the road.

Emilie the Peacemaker Mrs. Thomas Geldart

The Parson's Progress, 266; visit by Simon Pure, 266-269

When Winter Comes to Main Street Grant Martin Overton 1908

Of course, their object is very clear, Marston Greyle, the real Simon Pure, was dead on their hands.

Scarhaven Keep 1899

A wit much less alert than my irresponsible friend's would have instantly appreciated the fact that the real Simon Pure had arrived on the scene.

The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol William John Locke 1896

COWPER, Mrs HEMANS, SOUTHEY, & Co., _done to a tittle_, so as not to be detected, even by the cynosure, as mere spurious imitation, but in every respect up to the mark and the real Simon Pure.

Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. F. Anstey 1895

Cruikshank's (George) real name supposed to be Simon Pure, 70.

Literary Blunders; A chapter in the "History of Human Error" 1893

Venus_ -- and we forthwith came to the conclusion that we now at last beheld the veritable _Vestale_ -- the real Simon Pure -- before us.

The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron Harry Collingwood 1886