You need be under no uneasiness," cried I, "about selling the rims; for they are not worth sixpence, for I perceive they are only copper varnished over." "What!" cried my wife, "not silver, the rims not silver!" "No," cried I, "no more silver than your... The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale - Page 58by Oliver Goldsmith - 1808 - 196 pagesFull view - About this book
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1799 - 214 pages
...in a passion : « I dare swear they won't sell for above half the money at the rate of broken suverj five shillings an ounce ». = « You need be under...uneasiness », cried I, « about selling the rims ; for I perceive they are only copper varnished over ». = « What » cried my wife,« not silver, the rims... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 438 pages
...rims," cried my wife in a passion : " I dare swear they won't sell " for above half the money at the rate of broken " silver, five shillings an ounce."...the " rims ; for they are not worth sixpence, for I per" ceive they are only copper varnished over." — •" What," cried my wife, " not silver, the rims... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 428 pages
...rims," cried my wife in a passion : " I dare swear they won't sell " for above half the money at the rate of broken " silver, five shillings an ounce."...the " rims ; for they are not worth sixpence, for I per" ceive they are only copper varnished over." — " What," cried my wife, " not silver, the rims... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1815 - 268 pages
...rims'' cried my wife in a passion : " I dare swear they won't sell for above half the money at the rate of broken silver, five shillings an ounce.''...! " — " No," cried I, "no more silver than your saucepan." — "And so," returned she, "we have parted with the colt, and have only got a gross of... | |
| 1820 - 406 pages
...silver rims, cried my wife in a passion : I dare swear they won't sell for above half the money at the rate of broken silver, five shillings an ounce.—...sixpence, for I perceive they are only copper varnished over.—What, cried my wife, not silver! the rims not silver?—No, cried I, no more silver than your... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...rims !" cried my wife, in a passion : " I dare swear they won't sell for above half the money, at the rate of broken silver, five shillings an ounce." —...silver !" — " No," cried I, "no more silver than your saucepan." — " And so," returned she, " we have parted with the colt, and have only got a gross of... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 pages
...rims,» cried my wife in a passion : « I dare swear they won't sell for above half the money at the rate of broken silver, five shillings an ounce. »...silver !» «No,» cried I, « no more silver than your saucepan.» — « And so, » returned she, « we hare parted with the colt, and have only got a gross... | |
| Jesse Torrey (the younger.) - 1830 - 162 pages
...they won't sell for above half the money at the rate of broken silver, five shillings an ounce.' 13. 'You need be under no uneasiness,' cried I, 'about...!' — ' No,' cried I, ' no more silver than your saucepan.' 14. ' And so,' returned she, 'we have' parted with the colt, and have only got a groce of... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...sell for above half the money at the rate of broken silver, five shillings an ounce." — " You rieed upon an uncle of his that lives wile, " not silver ! the rims not silver!" " No," cried 1, " no mote SÍN saucepan." — " And во,"... | |
| 1832 - 256 pages
...rims ! " cried my wife, in a passion: " I dare swear they won't sell for above half the money at the rate of broken silver, five shillings an ounce." —...? " — " No," cried I, " no more silver than your saucepan." — " And so," returned she, " we have parted with the colt, and have only got a gross of... | |
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