I’ve as much right to put a fellow up or blackball him in the Dealonian as Tony has.
But I’m going to blackball Finch for the good of the Society, ‘cause I think it would be a mistake to let him in, and I hope you’ll do the same.
But I am going to blackball Finch, and I guess I can persuade at least one other fellow to do the same, so he won’t get into the Dealonian.
This good Monsieur de Blackball is not very well bred; but, for an Englishman, he is not too bad.
Whenever she saw Lady Anne's children in the walks she ran to them (so that Captain Blackball and Count Punter, A.
Mr. Jones of England pronounced her stunning; the admirable Captain Blackball examined her points with the skill of an amateur, and described them with agreeable frankness.
Lord Kew walked and talked with Captain Blackball every day.
If I cannot take the lead at White's or the Travellers', let me be president of the Jolly Bandboys at the Bag of Nails, and blackball everybody who does not pay me honour.
Snooks does not any more think it gentlemanlike to blackball attorneys.
You may be sure some of the proud people and most of the parvenus of the Club were ready to blackball him.
Perhaps not,” said the girl with the dimple in her chin, “but I shall blackball her just the same.
I shall blackball her, for my part,” spoke up the girl with the dimple in her chin.
But I won't just up and blackball her all by myself, just because I think I'm right.
In the same spirit he declared to Mr. Thrale that if Garrick should apply for admission he would blackball him.
Perhaps he tried to capture the Eclectic Club--I certainly remember being asked to blackball three of his candidates.
If the Civil Servants supported a candidate too warmly, the Bar would rally, blackball in hand; the parliamentarians, on the other hand, held that a club was one thing and an almshouse for permanent officials quite another.
