[The Monikins by J. Fenimore Cooper]@TWC D-Link bookThe Monikins CHAPTER XXII 14/15
This is the true notch--some of these goods have been condemned because the manufacturers hadn't sufficient skill in dyeing." "You shall have a share, brigadier.
Harkee, Mr.Broker; I take it these said opinions come from some very well-known and approved manufactory ?" "All sorts, sir.
Some good, and some good for nothing--everything sells, 'owever.
I never was in Leaplow, but we says over 'ere, that the Leaplowers eat, and drink, and sleep on our opinions.
Lord, sir, it would really do your heart good to see the stuff, in these harticles, that they does take from us without higgling!" "I presume, brigadier, that you use them as an amusement--as a means to pass a pleasant hour, of an evening--a sort of moral segar ?" "No, sir," put in the broker, "they doesn't smoke 'em, my word on't, or they wouldn't buy 'em in such lots!" I now thought enough had been laid in on my own account, and I turned to see what the captain was about.
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