 | Davy Crockett - 1837 - 250 páginas
...: but I wanted to see the power of machinery, wielded by the keenest calculations of human^skill ; I -wanted to see how it was that these northerners...river, and having taken a little refreshment, went clown among the factories. The dinner bells were ringing, and the folks pouring out of the houses like... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1848 - 456 páginas
...easy circumstances; to live comfortably. I wanted to see how these Northerners could buy our cotton, carry it home, manufacture it, bring it back, and...mean time, be well to live, and make money besides. — Crockett, Tour. WENCH. In the United States, this word is only applied to black females. WHANG.... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1859 - 578 páginas
...like the preceding, is of English origin. I wanted to sec how these Northerners could buy our cotton, carry it home, manufacture it, bring it back, and...for half nothing ; and, in the mean time, be well to lire, and make money besides. — Crockett, Tour. 2. In New England, a cant phrase to denote a person... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1859 - 570 páginas
...like the preceding, is of English origin. I wanted to sec how these Northerners could buy our cotton, carry it home, manufacture it, bring it back, and...sell it for half nothing ; and, in the mean time, be tee/2 to liee, and make money besides. — Crockstt, Tour. 2. In New England, a cant phrase to denote... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1860 - 568 páginas
...wanted to see how these Northerners could buy our cotton, carry it home, manufacture it, bring it hack, and sell it for half nothing ; and, in the mean time, be well to live, and make money besides. — Crockett, Tour. 2. In New England, a cant phrase to denote a person in that state of intoxication... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1860 - 570 páginas
...English origin. I wanted to see how these Northerners conld bny onr cotton, carry it home, mannfactnre it, bring it back, and sell it for half nothing ; and, in the mean time, ba well to live, and make money besides. — Crockett, Tonr. 2. In New England, a cant phrase to denote... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1877 - 998 páginas
...clothes Agin to-morrer's ir'nin1.'1 — Ibid. I wanted to see how these Northerners could buy our cotton, carry it home, manufacture it, bring it back, and sell it for half nothing; and, in the meantiiw, be well to lice, and make money besides. — Crockett, Tour. 2. In New England, a cant phrase... | |
 | Old Residents' Historical Association of Lowell (Mass.) - 1879 - 470 páginas
...President, who is admitted, on that score, to be abler than myself; but I wanted to see the power of the machinery, wielded by the keenest calculations of...large stone house at the head of the falls of the Mcrrimac River, and having taken a little refreshment, went down among the factories. The dinner bells... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - 1861 - 558 páginas
...fine carriage, with three gentlemen who had agreed to accompany me. I had heaid so much of this plaoe that I longed to see it ; not because I had heard...manufacture it, bring it. back, and sell it for half nothing ; %nd, in the mean time, be well to live, arid make xnoney besides. We stopped at the large stone house... | |
 | John Russell Bartlett - 1889 - 882 páginas
...clothes Agin to-morrer's ir'nin1.'* — Ibid. I wanted to see how these Northerners could buy our cotton, carry it home, manufacture it, bring it back, and...for half nothing ; and, in the mean time, be well to lite, and make money besides. — Crockett, Tour. 2. In New England, a cant phrase to denote a person... | |
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I wanted to see how it was that these northerners could buy our cotton, and carry it home, manufacture it, bring it, back, and sell it for half nothing ; and, in the mean time, be well to live, and make money besides. We stopped at the large stone house... 
