 | Henry Beebee Carrington - 1894 - 448 trang
...money for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters...given four times as much for it as it was worth. This, however, was afterwards of use to me, the impressions continuing on my mind ; so that often when I... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson, Mrs. Ellen Mackay Hutchinson Cortissoz - 1894 - 592 trang
...money for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters,...had given four times as much for it as it was worth ; put me in mind what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money ; and laughed at me... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton, Kate Stephens, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 328 trang
...money for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters...had given four times as much for it as it was worth ; put me in mind what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money ; and laughed at me... | |
 | Charles Frederick Hoffman - 1896 - 204 trang
...money for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters...had given four times as much for it as it was worth ; put me in mind what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money ; and laughed at me... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker - 1910 - 504 trang
...money 5 for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters,...had given four times as much for it as it was worth ; put me 10 in mind of the good things I might have bought with the rest of the money ; and laughed... | |
 | Margaret Ashmun - 1910 - 314 trang
...money for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters,...had given four times as much for it as it was worth; put me in mind what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money; and laughed at me so... | |
 | Kate F. Oswell, Charles Benajan Gilbert - 1911 - 352 trang
...money for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters...given four times as much for it as it was worth. This, however, was afterwards of use to me, the impressions continuing on my mind ; so that often when I... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1911 - 376 trang
...money for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters,...made, told me I had given four times as much for it 10 as it was worth ; put me in mind what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money... | |
 | 1904 - 484 trang
...whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. 330 331 My brothers and sisters and cousins, understanding...had given four times as much for it as it was worth, put me in mind what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money; and laughed at me so... | |
 | Clarence Franklin Carroll, Sarah Catherine Brooks - 1911 - 296 trang
...went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. ing the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth; put me in mind of what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money; and laughed at me... | |
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I might have bought with the rest of the money; and laughed at me so much for my folly, that I cried with vexation; and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure. 
