 | Daniel Harvey Hill, Frank Lincoln Stevens, Charles William Burkett - 1906 - 424 trang
...was 25 about to open a shop for himself. His first concern was to have a handsome signboard, with a proper inscription. He composed it in these words, ' John Thompson, Hatter, makes and sells hats for 5 ready money,' with a figure of a hat subjoined ; but he thought he would submit it to his friends... | |
 | John Hampden Hazelton - 1906 - 676 trang
...subjoined. but he thought he would submit it to his friends for their amendments. the first he shewed it to thought the word " Hatter" tautologous, because followed by the words " makes hats " which shew he was a Hatter. it was struck out. the next observed that the word "makes" might as well be omitted,... | |
 | George Edwin Rines - 1911 - 674 trang
...new sign, and before putting it up submitted it to the criticism of his friends. It read originally, "John Thompson, hatter, makes and sells hats for ready money," with a picture of a hat at the end. One friend objected to one clause as useless, and another to another,... | |
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 trang
...handsome sign-board, with a proper inscrip tion. He composed it in these words, ' John Thompson, Hattet makes and sells hats for ready money,' with a figure of a hat sub joined ; but he thought he would submit it to his friends for thei amendments. The first he showed... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1916 - 616 trang
...time, was about to open shop for himself; his first concern was to have a handsome signboard, with a proper inscription. He composed it in these words...because followed by the words " makes hats," which show he was a hatter. It was struck out. The next observed that the word " makes " might as well be... | |
 | Louis Arthur Holman - 1916 - 134 trang
...a public body." Then he told him the well-known story of his friend who started out with the sign, "John Thompson, Hatter, makes and sells Hats for ready money," with a figure of a hat subjoined. By talcing the advice of his friends, he ultimately had nothing left of his sign but "John Thompson,"... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, John William Cunliffe, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Harry Morgan Ayres, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer - 1917 - 816 trang
...sign-board with the proper inscription. He composed it in these words: *John Thompson, Hatter, makes ana sells Hats for ready Money, with a figure of a hat...to his friends for their amendments. The first he show*" it to thought the word hatter tautologous, because followed by the words makes hats, which showed... | |
 | Charles Anthony Shriner - 1918 - 712 trang
...time, was about to open shop for himself. His first concern was to have a handsome sign-board, with a proper inscription. He composed it in these words:...the words makes hats, which showed he was a hatter. Jt was struck out. The next observed that the word makes might as well be omitted, because his customers... | |
 | Franklin Benjamin Dyer, Mary J. Brady - 1918 - 424 trang
...time, was about to open shop for himself. His first concern was to have a handsome signboard, with a proper inscription. He composed it in these words,...because followed by the words "makes hats," which show he was a hatter. It was struck out. The next observed that the word "makes" might as well be omitted,... | |
 | Paul Wilstach - 1925 - 334 trang
...time, was about to open a shop for himself. His first concern was to have a handsome sign-board, with a proper inscription. He composed it in these words,...tautologous, because followed by the words makes hats, which show he was a hatter. It was struck out. The next observed that the word makes might as well be omitted,... | |
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Hatter, makes and sells hats for ready money,' with a figure of a hat subjoined ; but he thought he would submit it to his friends for their amendments. The first he showed it to thought the word ' Hatter ' tautologous, because followed by the words '... 
