 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1799 - 214 pages
...wrong, my dear », cried I; « for though they be copper, we will keep them by us, as copper spectacles, you know, are better than nothing». By this time...had marked him for an easy prey. I therefore asked the circumstances of his deception. He sold the horse, it seems, and walked the fair in search of another.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 428 pages
...wrong, my dear," cried I; " for though they be copper, we will keep " them by us, as copper spectacles, you know, are " better than nothing." By this time...imposed upon by a prowling sharper, who, observing his " his figure, had marked him for an easy prey. I therefore asked the circumstance of his deception.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1815 - 268 pages
...wrong, my dear," cried I ; " for though they be copper, we will keep them by us, as copper spectacles, you know, are better than nothing." By this time the...had marked him for an easy prey. I therefore asked the circumstances of his deception. He sold the horse, it seems, and walked the fair in search of another.... | |
 | 1820 - 406 pages
...wrong, my dear, cried I; for though they be copper, we will keep them by us, as copper spectacles, you know, are better than nothing. By this time the...marked him for an easy prey. I therefore asked him the circumstance of his deception. He sold the horse, it seems, and walked the fair in search of another.... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...wrong, my dear," cried I ; " for though they be copper, we will keep them by us, as copper spectacles, you know, are better than nothing." By this time the...seems, and walked the fair in search of another. A reverend-looking man brought him to a tent, under pretence of having one to sell. " Here," continued... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 pages
...wrong, my dear," cried I ; " for though they be copper, we will keep them by us, as copper spectacles, unde-, ceived. He now saw that he had indeed been imposed upon by a prowling sharper, who, observing... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 pages
...my dear, » cried I ; « for though they be copper, we will keep them by us, as copper spectacles, you know, are better than nothing. » By this time...unfortunate Moses was undeceived. He now saw that he had been imposed upon by a prowling sharper, who, observing his figure, had marked him for an easy prey.... | |
 | Jesse Torrey (the younger.) - 1830 - 162 pages
...are copper, we will keep them by us, as copper spectacles, you know, are better than nothing.' 16. By this time the unfortunate Moses was undeceived....it seems, and walked the fair in search of another. 17. A reverend-looking man brought him toa tent, under pretence of having one to sell. ' Here,' continued... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...are better than nothing." By this time the unfortunate Mosea was undeceived. He now saw that he had s and finery. Thus she spends the whole week in a close the circumstance of his deception. He sold the horse, it seems, and walked the fair in search of another.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1837 - 530 pages
...wrong, my dear," cried I ; " for though they be copper, we will keep them by us, as copper spectacles, you know, are better than nothing." By this time the...Moses was undeceived. He now saw that he had indeed Iteen imposed upon by a prowling sharper, who, observing his figure, had marked him for an easy prey.... | |
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There again you are wrong, my dear," cried I; "for though they be copper, we will keep them by us, as copper spectacles, you know, are better than nothing. 
