All 13 Uses of
patron
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- …and towards the full perfection of which, Miss La Creevy had had the street-door case brought upstairs, in order that she might be the better able to infuse into the counterfeit countenance of Miss Nickleby, a bright salmon flesh-tint which she had originally hit upon while executing the miniature of a young officer therein contained, and which bright salmon flesh-tint was considered, by Miss La Creevy's chief friends and patrons, to be quite a novelty in art: as indeed it was.†
Chpt 10
- Her benefit night, when her friends and patrons bespeak the play,' said Mr Crummles.†
Chpt 24
- 'Among the patrons, I suppose?' said Nicholas.†
Chpt 24 *
- 'Among the patrons; and the fact is, that Snevellicci has had so many bespeaks in this place, that she wants an attraction.†
Chpt 24
- When Mrs Nickleby had brought this interesting anecdote to a close, Pyke and Pluck, ever zealous in their patron's cause, proposed the adjournment of a detachment of the party into the next box; and with so much skill were the preliminaries adjusted, that Kate, despite all she could say or do to the contrary, had no alternative but to suffer herself to be led away by Sir Mulberry Hawk.†
Chpt 27
- With these words the friendly creature took his companion's arm and led him away, turning half round as he did so, and bestowing a wink and a contemptuous smile on Messrs Pyke and Pluck, who, cramming their handkerchiefs into their mouths to denote their silent enjoyment of the whole proceedings, followed their patron and his victim at a little distance.†
Chpt 27
- 'Beyond everything,' said Mr Pyke, coming to his patron's assistance.†
Chpt 28
- As there appeared to be some doubt in the mind of his patron how he could best join in this conversation, the indefatigable Mr Pyke threw himself into the breach, and, by way of saying something to the point, inquired—with reference to the aforesaid medicine—whether it was nice.†
Chpt 28
- 'We can have positively your last appearance, on Thursday—re-engagement for one night more, on Friday—and, yielding to the wishes of numerous influential patrons, who were disappointed in obtaining seats, on Saturday.†
Chpt 30
- 'A raw, slight stripling,' continued Ralph, 'against a man whose very weight might crush him; to say nothing of his skill in—I am right, I think,' said Ralph, raising his eyes, 'you WERE a patron of the ring once, were you not?'†
Chpt 38
- To get through them with the greater dispatch, Tim Linkinwater proposed that they should remain at the counting-house, for a week or so, until ten o'clock at night; to this, as nothing damped the zeal of Nicholas in the service of his kind patrons—not even romance, which has seldom business habits—he cheerfully assented.†
Chpt 40
- Nicholas started, and indistinctly apologising for the interruption, begged his patron to proceed.†
Chpt 46
- Of all men alive, this was one of the last he would have wished to meet at any time; but, now that he recognised in him only the patron and protector of Nicholas, he would rather have seen a spectre.†
Chpt 59
Definition:
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(patron as in: a patron of the arts) someone who contributes money to an organization
or:
a supporter of an organization or person