All profoundly versed in horse-racing, in athletic sports, in pipes, beer, billiards, and betting.

All profoundly ignorant of every thing else under the sun.

All gentlemen by birth, and all marked as such by the stamp of "a University education." They may be personally described as faint reflections of Geoffrey; and they may be numerically distinguished (in the absence of all other distinction) as One, Two, and Three.
Sir Patrick laid the newspaper on the table and placed himself in one of the comfortable arm-chairs.

He was instantly assailed, in his domestic capacity, by his irrepressible sister-in-law.

Lady Lundie dispatched Blanche to him with the list of her guests at the dinner.