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"Burked" Quotes from Famous Books

... had your thousand pounds restored to you, all mouths are full of your praise. You were uncommon children, and it was cruel of the minister Gulmore to conspire against you. It was infamous in him, they now say, to have your letters 'burked' in the post office, as it appears from Amanda, who has turned informer on the parson, because he did not marry her after his first wife's death. Before this ye were paupers, Irish, and Papists; now, you and your sister and brothers are noble ...

— The Cross and the Shamrock • Hugh Quigley

... added he, as the two beefs disappeared, and they took their stations at the top and bottom of the table. "Fine birds, to be sure! Hope you havn't burked your appetites, gentlemen, so as not to be able to do justice to them—smell high—werry good—gamey, in fact. Binjimin. take an 'ot plate to Mr. Nimrod—sarve ...

— Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities • Robert Smith Surtees

... no means suited his ardent backers-up, who looked upon the whole affair as providential, and by no means to be burked. ...

— Follow My leader - The Boys of Templeton • Talbot Baines Reed

... to be denied that he extracted some cold comfort from that last cryptic remark. Cynthia wanted to come, but Mrs. Devar had evidently burked the excursion. Why? Because Cynthia's escort would be Viscount Medenham and not Arthur Simmonds, orthodox and highly respectable chauffeur. But Mrs. Devar plainly declared herself on the side of Viscount Medenham last night. Why, then, did she stop a short journey by motor, ...

— Cynthia's Chauffeur • Louis Tracy

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