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" When I was a child of seven years old my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children ; and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another... "
Cyclopaedia of American literature, by E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck - Page 112
by Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855
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Rambles about Portsmouth: Sketches of Persons, Localities, and ..., Volume 2

Charles Warren Brewster - 1869 - 380 pages
...to a fhop where they fold toys for children ; arid being charmed with the found of a whiftle, which I met by the way, in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered, and gave all my money for it." A later day than this, however, is embraced in the writer's memories of the old locality, but...
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Rambles about Portsmouth: Sketches of Persons, Localities, and ..., Volume 2

Charles Warren Brewster - 1869 - 392 pages
...to a fhop where they fold toys for children ; nnd being charmed with the found of a whiftle, which I met by the way, in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered, and guve all my money for it." A later day than this, however, ia embraced in tho writer's memories of...
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A Collection of the Proverbs of All Nations: Compared, Explained, and ...

Walter Keating Kelly - 1869 - 252 pages
...directly to a shop where they sold toys for children, and being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I volun1 Qui nescit canere semper canere laborat. 2 Cl.i non puolo, scmpre vuole. tarily offered him...
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Materials for Translating English Into German, with Grammatical Notes and a ...

Emil Otto - 1869 - 192 pages
...shop where they3 sold toys for children; and, being charmed with4 the sound of a whistle, that I saw by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for one. I 2 then icame home, and went whistling all over5 the house, much pleased...
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Proverbs of All Nations, Compared, Explained

Walter Keating Kelly - 1861 - 256 pages
...directly to a shop where they sold toys for children, and being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for it. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with...
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Literature of the English Language: Comprising Representative Selections ...

Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 pages
...with power, and with gladness of heart, and with much substance." THE WHISTLE, the sound of a whistle that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered him all my money for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with...
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English into German. German composition, or, English prose specimens, to be ...

Alfred G. Havet, Anton Leopold Becker - 1873 - 200 pages
...voluntarily0 offered him all my money for it. I then eame home, and went whistling over7 the house, mueh pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family....brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding s the bargain (which) I had made, told me (that) I had given four times as much 9 for it as it was...
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Chiave del metodo di Ollendorff ossia traduzione del temi della grammatica ...

Egone Cunradi - 1873 - 234 pages
...whistle, the sound of which" pleased me very much. I voluntarily offered him all my money for it, 1 came home, and went whistling all over the house much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing the whole family. My brothers, sisters, and cousins understanding the bargain I had made, told me I...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin

Jeremiah Chaplin - 1876 - 416 pages
...directly to a shop where they sold toys for children; and being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy,...and sisters and cousins, understanding the bargain that I had made, told me that I had given four times as much for it as it was worth; put me in mind...
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Benjamin Franklin: A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation, One ...

John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1876 - 394 pages
...directly to a shop where they sold toys for children ; and being charmed with the sound of a whistle that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily gave all my money for one. I then came home and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with...
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