 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1883 - 280 pages
...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 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 all."... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1883 - 166 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... | |
 | Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society - 1927 - 460 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."...and shagreen cases! A murrain take such trumpery." Notwithstanding their cheapness the lenses themselves seem to have been superior to those produced... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1883 - 378 pages
...copper varnished over." — " What I " cried my wife, " not silver I the rims not silver ? " — " No," cried I, "no more silver than your sauce-pan."...rims and shagreen cases? A murrain take such trumpery I The blockhead has been imposed upon, and should have known his company better." — "There, my dear,"... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1884 - 528 pages
...are only copper varnished over." " What ! " cried my wife, " not silver, the rims not silver ! " " No," cried I, " no more silver than your sauce-pan."...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."... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1884 - 472 pages
...they are only copper varnished over." "What ! " cried my wife, "not silver I 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 atall.''... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1885 - 506 pages
...are only copper varnished over." " What ! " cried my wife, " not silver, the rims not silver ! " " No," cried I, " no more silver than your sauce-pan."...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... | |
 | Loomis Joseph Campbell - 1884 - 442 pages
..."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,...blockhead has been imposed upon, and should have known his company better." 10. "There, my dear," cried I, "you are wrong; he should not have known them at... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1884 - 338 pages
..." not silver1 the rims not silver ?"—"No," cried I, "no more silver than your sauce-pan."—"And so," returned she, "we have parted with the Colt,...rims and shagreen cases? A murrain take such trumpery 1 The blockhead has been imposed upon, and should have known his company better."—"There, my dear,"... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1884 - 784 pages
...are only copper vai i over."—" What ! " cried my wife, "no; silver! the rims not silver?"—"No," cried I, " no more silver than your saucepan."—" And so," returned she, " we nave parted with the colt, and have only got a gross of green spectacles, with copper rims and shagreen... | |
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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... 
