 | Joseph Cottle - 1848 - 462 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 ! This is a comfortless place, and the only pleasure I find in it, is in looking on to my departure.... | |
 | Joseph Cottle - 1848 - 408 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 ! This is a comfortless place, and the only pleasure I find in it, is in looking on to my departure.... | |
 | William Mathews - 2005 - 377 pàgines
...pay a porter for bringing a burden till the next day ; " for," said he, " while the fellow feels Ma 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... | |
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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. 
