"Ambo" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... a lawyer too and a pretty sharp one—/arcades ambo/," said Johnnie with a coarse laugh; "and I tell you what it is, Edith, it ain't good enough to cart a fellow down in this howling wilderness and then send him away without a drink; lend us another fiver at any rate. It ain't ...
— Colonel Quaritch, V.C. - A Tale of Country Life • H. Rider Haggard
... Arcades ambo! Duffers both, In our best of days, alas! (I tell the truth, though to tell it loth) 'Tis time we were gone to grass; The young leaves shoot, the sere leaves fall, And the old gives way to the new, While the preacher cries, "'Tis vanity all, And vexation ...
— Poems • Adam Lindsay Gordon
... "Arcades ambo. But now we must see what we can do for you. Of course what Metaxa said was perfectly right. The pension is in itself no security at all, unless it were accompanied by a life assurance which would be an income in itself. It is ...
— Beyond the City • Arthur Conan Doyle |
