And then he would turn to the Doctor, rubbing his hands, and observe, "Depend upon it, Jack will be a great, a very great man." And then he would call Jack and give him a guinea for his cleverness; and at last Jack thought it a very clever thing to argue.

He never would attempt to argue with Mr Bonnycastle, because he was aware that Mr Bonnycastle's arguments were too strong for him, but he argued with all the boys until it ended in a fight, which decided the point; and he sometimes argued with the ushers.

In short, at the time we now speak of, which was at the breaking up of the Midsummer holidays, Jack was as full of argument as he was fond of it.

He would argue the point to the point of a needle, and he would divide that point into as many as there were days of the year, and argue upon each.
In short, there was no end to Jack's arguing the point, although there seldom was point to his argument.
Jack had been fishing in the river, without any success, for a whole morning, and observed a large pond which had the appearance of being well stocked--he cleared the park palings, and threw in his line.

He had pulled up several fine fish, when he was accosted by the proprietor, accompanied by a couple of keepers.
"May I request the pleasure of your name, young gentleman ?" said the proprietor to Jack.
Now Jack was always urbane and polite.
"Certainly, sir; my name is Easy, very much at your service." "And you appear to me to be taking it very easy," replied the gentleman.