 | John Nichol - 1882 - 496 Seiten
...you pay too much far your whistle.' " If I see one fond of appearance, or fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, fine equipages, all above his fortune,...for which he contracts debts and ends his career in a prison, 'Alas/' say I, 'he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.' " When I see a beautiful,... | |
 | John Nichol - 1882 - 492 Seiten
...you pay too much for your whistle.' " If I see one fond of appearance, or fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, fine equipages, all above his fortune,...for which he contracts debts and ends his career in a prison, 'Alas/' say I, ' he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.' " When I see a beautiful,... | |
 | 1882 - 676 Seiten
...whistle.' If I see one fond of fine clothes, fine furniture, fine equipages, all above his ¡ortune, and for which he contracts debts, and ends his career in prison; ' Alas ! ' I say, ' he has paid dear, very deal te his whistle.' 2. Describe a ball frame for teaching ariihmetic,... | |
 | Education Ministry of - 1882 - 292 Seiten
...whistle." If I see one fond of fine clothes, fine furniture, fine equipages, all above his fortune, and for which he contracts debts, and ends his career in prison ; " Alas ! " I say, "he has paid dear, very dear for his whistle." 2. Describe a ball frame for teaching arithmetic,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1884 - 564 Seiten
...you give too much for your vuhistle. If I see one fond of appearance, or fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, fine equipages, all above his fortune,...for which he contracts debts, and ends his career in a prison, Alas ! say I, he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle. When I see a beautiful, sweet-tempered... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1888 - 330 Seiten
...you give too much for your whistle. " If I see one fond of appearance, or fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, fine equipages, all above his fortune,...for which he contracts debts, and ends his career in a prison, Alas ! say I, he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle. "When I see a beautiful, sweet-tempered... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 566 Seiten
...you give loo much for your wh istle. If I see one fond of appearance, or fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, fine equipages, all above his fortune,...for which he contracts debts, and ends his career in a prison, A las! say I, he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle. When I see a beautiful, sweet-tempered... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1889 - 510 Seiten
...you give too much for your whistle. "If I see one fond of appearance, or fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, fine equipages, all above his fortune,...for which he contracts debts, and ends his career in a prison, Alas ! say I, he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle. " When I see a beautiful, sweet-tempered... | |
 | Theodore Whitefield Hunt - 1890 - 328 Seiten
...have said to myself — This man gives too much for his whistle. If I see one fond of fine clothes, fine furniture, fine equipages, all above his fortune,...says I, he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle. — Benjamin Franklin's " Works." \ CHAPTER VIII. STYLE AND HUMOR. (The Humorous Style.) THE necessity... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1891 - 288 Seiten
...said I, too much for his whistle. . . . If I see one fond of appearance or fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, fine equipages, all above his fortune,...for which he contracts debts and ends his career in a prison, Alas] say I, he has paid dear, very dear for his whistle. . . In short, I conceive that a... | |
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I, you are providing pain for yourself, instead of pleasure; you give too much for your whistle. 
