 | Jonathan Swift - 1735 - 422 pagina’s
...fuffering me to fee them before he was paid, or giving me good Security to reftore my Money for thole that were Lean, or Shorn, or Scabby ; I Would be none...therefore carried a Piece of Brick in his Pocket, which he ihewed as a Pattern to encourage Purchafers : And this is direcUy the Cafe in Point with Mr. Wood's... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1742 - 400 pagina’s
...fuffering me to fee them before he was paid, or giving me good Security to reftore my Money for thofe that were Lean, or Shorn, or Scabby ; I would be none...therefore carried a Piece of Brick in his Pocket, which he fhewed as a Pattern to encourage Purchafers : And this is direftly the Cafe in Point with Mr. Wood's... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1755 - 454 pagina’s
...paid, or giving me good fecurity to reftore my money for thofe that were lean^ or from, ox f cabby , I would be none of his cuftomer. I have heard of a...therefore carried a piece of brick in his pocket, which he fhewed as a pattern to encourage purchafers ; and this is directly the cafe in point with Mr. Wood's... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1757 - 394 pagina’s
...paid, or giving me good fecurity to reftore my money for thole that were lean, or morn, or fcabby, I would be none of his cuftomer. I have heard of a...therefore carried a piece of brick in his pocket, which he mewed as a pattern to encourage purchafers ; and this is direftly the cafe in point with Mr Wood's... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1761 - 394 pagina’s
...paid, or giving me good fecurity to reftore my money for thofe that were lean, or from, or fcabby, I would be none of his cuftomer. I' have heard of...carried a piece of brick in his- pocket, which he fhewed as a pattern to encourage purchafers ; and this' is directly the cafe in point with Mr Wood's... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1768 - 460 pagina’s
...paid, or giving me good fecurity to reftore my money for thofe that were lean, or Jhorn, or fcahby, \ would be none of his cuftomer. I have heard of a man who had a mind to fell bis houfe, and therefore carried a piece of brick in his pocket, which he fhewed as a pattern to encourage... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1784 - 466 pagina’s
...giving me good fecurity to reftore my money for thofe that were lean, or porn, or fcabby, I woulci be none of his cuftomer. I have heard of a man who...therefore carried a piece of brick in his pocket, which he fhewed as a pattern to encourage purchafers ; and this is directly the cafe in point with Mr Wood's... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 448 pagina’s
...suffering me to see them before he was paid, or giving me good security to restore my money for those that were lean, or shorn, or scabby, I would be none of his customer. I have heard of a man who had a mind to sell his house, and therefore carried a piece of... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 610 pagina’s
...suffering me to see them before he was paid, or giving me good security to restore my money for those that were lean, or shorn, or scabby, I would be none of his customer. I have heard of a man who had a mind to sell his house, and therefore carried a piece of... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1838 - 520 pagina’s
...fleeced, by way of pattern, and expect the same " price round for the whole hundred, even for those " that were lean, or shorn, or scabby,. I would be " none of his customer. I have heard of a man who " had a mind to sell his house, and therefore carried " a piece... | |
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I have heard of a man who had a mind to sell his house, and therefore carried a piece of brick in his pocket, which he showed as a pattern to encourage purchasers ; and this is directly the case in point with Mr Wood's assay. 
