 | H E Goldschmidt - 1877 - 102 pàgines
...voluntarily offered him all my money for it.6 I then came home, and went whistling all over the house,7 much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the...sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made,8 told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth.9 This put me in mind10 what good... | |
 | William Swinton - 1877 - 212 pàgines
...boy that I met by the way, I offered him all my money for it. I then came home, and went whistling over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, sisters, and cousins, hearing of the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for... | |
 | Emil Otto - 1878 - 186 pàgines
...home, and went whistling all8 over7 the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing the whole family. My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me that I had given four times as much for it as it was worth. This put8 me in mind8 what good things... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1878 - 286 pàgines
...directly to a shop where they sold toys for children; and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for one. 2. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased... | |
 | John Stevens C. Abbott - 1879 - 418 pàgines
...directly to a shop where they sold toys for children ; and being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily gave all my money for one. I then came home and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with... | |
 | James Parton - 1880 - 688 pàgines
...directly to a shop where they sold toys for children ; and being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy,...voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one." That was certainly not the act of a stingy, calculating boy. His next purchase, of which we have any... | |
 | Phebe Lankester - 1880 - 270 pàgines
...directly to a shop where they sold toys for children ; and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with... | |
 | Blackie and son, ltd - 1880 - 406 pàgines
...a shop where they sold toys for children, and being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I saw by the way in the hands of another boy I voluntarily offered him all my money for it. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1881 - 152 pàgines
...boy that I met by the way, I offered him all my money for it. I then came home, and went whistling over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much... | |
 | John Nichol - 1882 - 492 pàgines
...directly to a shop where they sold toys for children, and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I met, by the way, in the hands of another boy,...voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one. I then caine home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all... | |
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When I was a child of seven years old my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children ; and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another... 
