 | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1920 - 250 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. . . . The reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure. [BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.] 1... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1920 - 418 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...I had made, told me I had given four times as much 5 for it as it was worth ; put me in mind what good things I might have bought with the rest of the... | |
 | William Harris Elson - 1920
...money for one. I then ran home and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters and cousins, understanding the 10 bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth; put me in mind... | |
 | Charles Madison Curry, Erle Elsworth Clippinger - 1921 - 693 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... | |
 | Mary Fontaine Laidley - 1922
...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... | |
 | Carolyn Wells - 1923 - 782 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... | |
 | Calvin Noyes Kendall - 1921
...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... | |
 | Howard Copeland Hill, Rollo La Verne Lyman - 1924
...money for one. I then ran home and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters...had made, told me I had given four times as much for the whistle as it was worth; put me in mind what good things I might have bought with the rest of the... | |
 | 1953 - 17 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 and cousins, understanding the barpain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth; put me in mind what... | |
 | 1920
...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; laughed at me so much... | |
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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. 
