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" no more silver than your saucepan." " And so," returned she, " we have parted with the colt, and have only got a gross of green spectacles, with copper rims and shagreen cases ! A murrain take such trumpery ! The blockhead has been imposed upon, and... "
The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale - Page 46
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 146 pages
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1799 - 214 pages
...I, « about selling the rims ; for I perceive they are only copper varnished over ». = « What » cried my wife,« not silver, the rims not silver » ! « No », cried I, « no more silver than your sancepan ». = « And so », returned she, « we have parted with the colt, and have only got a gross...
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The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical ..., Volume 23

English literature - 1820 - 406 pages
...my wife, not silver! the rims not silver?—No, cried I, no more silver than your saucepan.-—And so, returned she, we have parted with the colt, and...been imposed upon, and should have known his company better!—There, my dear, cried I, you are wrong ; he should not have known them at all.—Marry, hang...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of ..., Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 pages
...they are not worth sixpence ; for I perceive they are only copper varnished over.» — « What,» cried my wife, «not silver! the rims not silver !»...saucepan.» — « And so, » returned she, « we hare parted with the colt, and have only got a gross of green spectacles, with copper rims and shagreen...
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A Pleasing Companion for Little Girls and Boys: Blending Instruction with ...

Jesse Torrey (the younger.) - Readers, American - 1830 - 162 pages
...for they are not worth sixpence, for I perceive they are only copper, varnished over.' — ' What,' cried my wife, 'not silver ! the rims not silver !'...No,' cried I, ' no more silver than your saucepan.' 14. ' And so,' returned she, 'we have' parted with the colt, and have only got a groce of green spectacles,...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...A«, lv with the coU, ani\\a.Ne otuj çf*-*green spectacles, with copper Tiros and shagreen caaes! o that dropped from lim, I am induced to think he knows of this affair. Olivia. Indeed ! But compariy better." — " There, my dear," cried I, " you are wrong, he should not have known them at...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 544 pages
...sixpence : for I perceive they are only copper varnished over." — "What," cried my wile, "not silver I the rims not silver!" "No," cried I, "no more silver...cases! A murrain take such trumpery. The blockhead lias been imposed upon, and should have known his company better." — " There, my dear," cried I,...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: The vicar of Wakefield ...

Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior - 1837 - 530 pages
...himself.] they are not worth sixpence, for I perceive they are only copper varnished over.1'' — " What," cried my wife, " not silver, the rims not silver !"...spectacles, with copper rims and shagreen cases ! A murrian take such trumpery. The blockhead has been imposed upon, and should have known his company...
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The miscellaneous works of Oliver Goldsmith, including a variety ..., Volume 3

Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 536 pages
...himself.] they are not worth sixpence, for I perceive they are only copper varnished over."—" What, ' " cried my wife, " not silver, the rims not silver!" " No," cried I, " no more silver than your saucepan."—"And so," returned she, " we have parted with the colt, and have only got a gross of green...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1839 - 550 pages
...for they are not worth sixpence : for I perceive they are only copper varnished over." — " What," ldsmith given spectacles, with copper rims and shagreen cases! A murrain take such trumpery. The blockhead...
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The Miscellaneous Works of O.G.: To which is Prefixed Some Account of His ...

Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1840 - 504 pages
...for they are not worth sixpence ; for I perceive they are only copper varnished over." — " What," cried my wife, " not silver ! the rims not silver!"...! A murrain take such trumpery. The blockhead has bée» imposed upon, and should have known his company better." — " There, my dear," cried I, " you...
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