...little reference to comfort. They are, however, tenanted ; and upon the maxim of Hudibras — " The value of a thing Is just as much as it will bring" — the rent-collector is sent round every Monday morning for his half-crown, or, in some instances,...

...women alike, on the same road, where daily experience illustrates Hudibras's keen truth, that " The value of a thing Is just as much as it will bring." And our value is — exactly what we choose to make it. Perhaps at no age since Eve's were women rated...

...trafficked in the bones of his illustrious relative." But in a country where, above all others, " the value of a thing Is just as much as it will bring," and where the pursuit of wealth is carried on with an eagerness elsewhere unparalleled, the charge...

...commodity which we can get in exchange for a particular quantity of the commodity which we give. " The value of a thing is just as much as it will bring." 21. What effect has competition upon the value in exchange of any commodity competed for ? It always...

...pnduce, or the comparative worth of each description. Believing in the old saying, that " The proper value of a thing Is just as much as it will bring.*' On the 5th of November I attended market, and «sked tie opinion of an extensive corn-grower as to...

...aprbi. 1 "To be bled," de se fairs taigner * " No doubt," sans doute. 11 Real or Intrinsic Value. " The real value of a thing Is just as much as it will bring." BUTLER. A lady who had more money than good sense was very fond, when she was in the country, of showing...

...supply immediately appeared. The reward was duly paid, and the dealers were hanged. Of course, " the value of a thing is just as much as it will bring." In these matters the law cannot interfere—when a man " does what he likes with his own;" yet he who...

...DISCOUBSES UPON SOME VALUES THAT ABE NOT TO BE ESTIMATED BY CASH. fPTEN has it been said that— " The value of a thing Is just as much as it will bring." I deny the assertion. The value of some things is infinitely greater than any price they will bring...

...department, can this be said, in these days of high-pressure and hurryscurry, and of belief that — , The real value of a thing Is just as much as it will bring. George Petrie's income, at its best, was an extremely modest one, and he took no thought of money ;...

...of ascertaining the capabilities of the Company's grounds, and, knowing the old proverb that " the value of a thing is just as much as it will bring," they submitted as soon as they could some of their oysters to the practical test of the market. The...