"Perpend" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... occasions, when he says sternly—and the mischief is, that what he says, we know to be true—says he, "Thomas Cringle"—he never calls me Tom, or Mister, or Lieutenant—"Thomas Cringle," says he, "if you do that thing, you shall be damned." "Lud—a mercy," quoth I, Thomas, "I will perpend, Master Conscience" and I set myself to eschew the evil deed, with all my might. But Conscience the Younger—whom I will take leave to call by Quashie's appellative hereafter, Conshy—is a funny little fellow, and another guess sort oft ...
— Tom Cringle's Log • Michael Scott |
