pack a punch

While some stray from the fold, most stay with the same pack their entire lives.

Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.

He felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!

All that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.

Never had Punch secured the telling of that tale with so little opposition.

But Punch was five; and he knew that going to England would be much nicer than a trip to Nassick.