 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 212 pages
...only copper varnished over." ,,\Vhnt," cried my \vifo , ,, not silver ! the rirtis not silver!" — ,,No," cried I, no more silver than your saucepan."...we have parted with the colt, and have only got a groce of green spectacles, with copper rims and shagreen cases! A murrain take such trumpery. The blockhead... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1799 - 214 pages
...not silver, the rims not silver » ! « No », cried I, « no more silver than your sancepan ». = « And so », returned she, « we have parted with the...only got a gross of green spectacles, with copper rhns and sha» green cases ? A murrain take such trumpery. The blockhead has been imposed upon, and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1807 - 326 pages
...are only copper, varnished over." " What !" cried my wife, " not silver ! the rims not silver !" " No," cried I, " no more silver than your saucepan."...blockhead has been imposed upon, and should have known his company better." — " There, my dear," cried 1, " you are wrong : he should not have known them... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1808 - 216 pages
...wife,' not silver! the rims not silver!'—' No,' cried I,' no more silver than your sancepan.'—' And so,' returned she, ' we have parted with the colt,...copper rims and shagreen cases! A murrain take such trnmpery. The blockhead has been imposed upon, and should have known his company better!' —' There,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 428 pages
...they are only copper varnished over." — " What," cried my wife, " not silver, the rims not "silver!" "No," cried I, "no more silver than " your saucepan."...blockhead has been imposed upon, and " should have known his company better." --- " There, my dear," cried I, " you are wrong, he " should not have known them... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 438 pages
...only copper varnished over." — •" What," cried my wife, " not silver, the rims not *' silver!" "No," cried I, "no more silver than " your saucepan,"...blockhead has been imposed upon, and " should have known his company better." " There, my dear," cried I, " you are wrong, he " should not have known them at... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1815 - 268 pages
...only copper varnished over." — " What," cried my wife, " not silver ! the rims not silver ! " — " No," cried I, "no more silver than your saucepan."...blockhead has been imposed upon, and should have known his company better!" — "There, my dear," cried I, "you are wrong ; he should not have known them... | |
 | 1820 - 406 pages
...my wife, not silver! the rims not silver?—No, cried I, no more silver than your saucepan.-—And so, returned she, we have parted with the colt, and...blockhead has been imposed upon, and should have known his company better!—There, my dear, cried I, you are wrong ; he should not have known them at all.—Marry,... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...only copper, varnished over." — " What," cried my wife, " not silver ! the rims not silver !" — " No," cried I, "no more silver than your saucepan."...blockhead has been imposed upon, and should have known his company better !" — " There, my dear," cried I, " you are wrong ; he should not have known them... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 268 pages
...your saucepan.' — ' And so,' returned she, 'we have parted with the colt, and have only got a groce of green spectacles, with copper rims and shagreen cases ! A murrain take such trumpery. The blockead has been imposed upon, and should have known his company better.' — ' There, my dear,' cried... | |
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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... 
