 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1921 - 506 pages
...stead, but made such wry faces that one might easily perceive he was no great gainer by the bargain. The female world were very busy among themselves in...bartering for features; one was trucking a lock of gray hairs for a carbuncle; and another was making over a short waist for a pair of round shoulders;... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1996 - 228 pages
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 | McGuffey - 1997 - 718 pages
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 | McGuffey - 2003 - 484 pages
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 | Joseph Addison - 2006 - 512 pages
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... from the choice they had made. A poor galley slave, who had thrown down his chains, took up the gout in their stead, but made such wry faces, that one might easily perceive he was no great gainer by the bargain. It was pleasant enough to see the several... 
