 | Joseph Cottle - 1837 - 370 pàgines
...will tell you how closely he attends to profit. ' I never pay a porter for bringing a burthen till the next day (says he) for while the fellow feels...author of this philosophical scheme is worth 200,000 pounds ! ! This is a comfortless place, and the only pleasure I find in it, is in looking on to my... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 614 pàgines
...here,) will tell you how closely he attends to profit. 'I never pay a porter for bringing a burlhen till the next day, (says he.) for while the fellow feels...author of this philosophical scheme is worth 200,000 pounds ! ! " This is a comforlless place, and the only pleasure I find in it is in looking to my departure.... | |
 | 1843 - 846 pàgines
...for bringing a burthen till the next day (says he), for while the fellowfeels his back ache with ths weight, he charges high -, but when he comes the next...author of this philosophical scheme is worth 200,000 pounds ! 1 " This is a comfortless place, and the only pleasure I find in it is in looking to my departure.... | |
 | 1843 - 780 pàgines
...here) will tell you how closely he attends to profit ' I never pay a porter for bringing a burthen till the next day (says he), for while the fellow feels...he comes the next day the feeling is gone, and he aeks oply half the money.' And the author of this philosophical scheme is worth 200,000 pounds ! !... | |
 | Joseph Cottle - 1847 - 418 pàgines
...here) will tell you how closely he attends to profit. 'I never pay a porter for bringing a burthen till the next day,' says he, ' for while the fellow feels...author of this philosophical scheme is worth £200,000! This is a comfortless place, and the only pleasure I find in it, is in looking on to my departure.... | |
 | William Mathews - 1874 - 376 pàgines
...shopkeeper made it a rule never to pay a porter for bringing a burden till the next day; " for," said he, " while the fellow feels his back ache with the weight, he charges high ; but when he comes next day the feeling is gone, and he asks only half the money." , This looks like shrewdness ; but... | |
 | William Mathews - 1874 - 386 pàgines
...shopkeeper made it a rule never to pay a porter for bringing a burden till the next day ; " for," said he, " while the fellow feels his back ache with the weight, he charges high ; but when he comes next day the feeling is gone, and he asks only half the money." This looks like shrewdness ; but never... | |
 | William Mathews - 1877 - 462 pàgines
...shopkeeper made it a rule never to pay a porter for bringing a burden till the next day; "for," said he, "while the fellow feels his back ache with the weight, he charges high ; but when he comes next day the feeling is gone, and he asks only half the money." This looks like shrewdness ; but never... | |
 | William Mathews - 1883 - 398 pàgines
...shopkeeper made it a rule never to pay a porter for bringing a burden till the next day ; " for," said he, "while the fellow feels his back ache with the weight, he charges high ; but when he comes next day the feeling is gone, and he asks pnly half the money." This looks like shrewdness ; but never... | |
 | William Mathews - 1883 - 396 pàgines
...said he, " while the fellow feels his back ache with the weight, he charges high ; but when he comes next day the feeling is gone, and he asks only half the money." This looks like shrewdness ; but never was a policy more suicidal. Selfishness is always self-defeating.... | |
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I never pay a porter for bringing a burthen till the next day (says he) for while the fellow feels his back ache with the weight, he charges high ; but when he comes the next day the feeling is gone, and he asks only half the money. 
