 | 1918 - 708 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 of the good things I might have bought with the rest of the money; and laughed at... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1920 - 282 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 - 424 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 - 424 trang
...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 - 716 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 - 410 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... | |
 | Carolyn Wells - 1923 - 804 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 - 344 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... | |
 | Howard Copeland Hill, Rollo La Verne Lyman - 1924 - 560 trang
...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... | |
 | William Gardiner - 1927 - 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 so... | |
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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. 
