 | Thomas Ashe - 1808 - 348 pages
...storekeeper denying the possession of a good article, till he fails in imposing a bad one. I have known a person ask for a pair of shoes, and receive for answer...recommended to him. I have heard another ask for a rifle-gun, and be answered that there were no rifles, but that he could be accommodated with the best... | |
 | Thomas Ashe - 1809 - 334 pages
...storekeeper denying the possession of a good article, till he fails in imposing a bad one. I have known a person ask for a pair of shoes, and receive for answer,...recommended to him. I have heard another ask for a rifle-gun, and be answered that there were no rifles, but that he could be accommodated with the best... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1810 - 456 pages
...and takes in exchange, not what he wants, but what he can get. " I have known a person," says Ashe, " ask for a pair of shoes, and receive for answer, that there were no shoes in the store, but some cafiital gin that could be recommended to him. I have heard another ask for a rifle-gun, and be answered... | |
 | 1812 - 438 pages
...are sure never to have any article that is asked for. " I have known a person ask for a pair of shoo, and receive for answer, that there were no shoes in the store, but some capi'al gin. 1 have heard another ask for trifle- gun, and be answered ih* there were no rifles, hut... | |
 | Anonymous - 1809 - 506 pages
...and takes in exchange, not what he wants, but what he can get. ' I have known a person,* says Ashe, ' ask for a pair of shoes, and receive for answer, that...recommended to him. I have heard another ask for a rifle-gun, and be answered that there were no rifles, but that he could be accommodated witty the best... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1850 - 392 pages
...store-keeper denying the possession of a good article till he fails in imposing a bad one. I have known a person ask for a pair of shoes, and receive for answer...recommended to him. I have heard another ask for a rifle-gun, and be answered, that there were no rifles, but he could be accommodated with the best Dutch... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1850 - 394 pages
...store-keeper denying the possession of a good article till he fails in imposing a bad one. I have known a person ask for a pair of shoes, and receive for answer...recommended to him. I have heard another ask for a rifle-gun, and be answered, that there were no rifles, but he could be accommodated with the best Dutch... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart, Annie Bliss Chapman - 1902 - 410 pages
...storekeeper denying the possession of a good article, till he fails in imposing a bad one. I have known a person ask for a pair of shoes, and receive for answer...rifles, but that he could be accommodated with the best Dutch looking glasses and German flutes in the western country. Another was directed by his wife to... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - 1902 - 410 pages
...storekeeper denying the possession of a good article, till he fails in imposing a bad one. I have known a person ask for a pair of shoes, and receive for answer...rifles, but that he could be accommodated with the best Dutch looking glasses and German flutes in the western country. Another was directed by his wife to... | |
 | Ernest Ludlow Bogart, Charles Manfred Thompson - 1916 - 904 pages
...denying the possession of a good article, till he fails in imposing a bad one. I have known a person to ask for a pair of shoes, and receive for answer that...answered that there were no rifles, but that he could be accomodated with the best Dutfh looking glasses and German flutes in the western country. Another was... | |
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... one. I have known a person ask for a pair of shoes, and receive for answer that there were no shoes in the store, but some capital gin that could be recommended to him. I have heard another ask for a... 
