 | 1888 - 196 pages
...have parted with the colt, and brought us back nothin but a gross of green paltry spectacles I " " Dear mother," cried the boy, " why won't you listen...had them a dead bargain, or I should not have bought then v r « v -J-\ » ^-J v cc .[_£ , v| JV V. T n *^NThe silver rims alone will sell for double the... | |
 | 1888 - 636 pages
...gross of green spectacles, with silver rims and shagreen cases." — "A gross of green speciaclesl repeated my wife in a faint voice. " And you have parted with ihe colt, and brought us back nothing but a gross of green paltry spectacles ! " — " Dear mother,"... | |
 | A. L. Stronach - 1891 - 290 pages
...breast ; " here they are : a gross of green spectacles, -with silver rims and shagreen3 cases." 12. "A gross of green spectacles!" repeated my wife in...? I had them a dead bargain, or I should not have brought them. The silver rims alone will sell for double the money." — " A fig for the silver rims,"... | |
 | OLIVER WENDELL HOLMS - 1891 - 470 pages
...He forgot poor Moses, with his " gross of green spectacles, with silver rims and shagreen cases." " Dear mother," cried the boy, " why won't you listen...silver rims alone will sell for double the money." But it is an undeniable fact, that many persons of considerable standing, and in some instances holding... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 482 pages
...He forgot poor Moses, with his " gross of green spectacles, with silver rims and shagreen cases." " Dear mother," cried the boy, "why won't you listen...silver rims alone will sell for double the money." But it is an undeniable fact, that many persons of considerable standing, and in some instances holding... | |
 | Sara A. Hamlin - 1892 - 166 pages
...breast ; ' here they are ; a gross of green .spectacles, with silver rims and shagreen 10 cases.' ' A gross of green spectacles ! ' repeated my wife,...boy, ' why won't you listen to reason ? I had them at a dead bargain, or I should not have bought them. The silver rims alone will sell for double the... | |
 | Sara A. Hamlin - 1892 - 210 pages
...shagreen 10 cases.' 'A gross of green spectacles!' repeated my o 10 Shagretn — a kind of leather. wife, in a faint voice ; 'and you have parted with...the boy, 'why won't you listen to reason? I had them at a dead bargain, or I should not have bought them. The silver rims alone will sell for double the... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 502 pages
...He forgot poor Moses, with his " gross of green spectacles, with silver rims and shagreen cases." " Dear mother," cried the boy, " why won't you listen...silver rims alone will sell for double the money." But it is an undeniable fact, that many persons of considerable standing, and in some instances holding... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 480 pages
...He forgot poor Moses, with his " gross of green spectacles, with silver rims and shagreen cases." " Dear mother," cried the boy, " why won't you listen...silver rims alone will sell for double the money." But it is an undeniable fact, that many persons of considerable standing, and in some instances holding... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 504 pages
...He forgot poor Moses, with his " gross of green spectacles, with silver rims and shagreen cases." " Dear mother," cried the boy, " why won't you listen...silver rims alone will sell for double the money." But it is an undeniable fact, that many persons of considerable standing, and in some instances holding... | |
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I have brought back no money," cried Moses again. "I have laid it all out in a bargain, and here it is... 
