 You must paper it," said the gentleman, rather warmly. "You must paper it," said Thomas Gradgrind, "whether you like it or not. Don't tell us you wouldn't paper it. What do you mean, boy?" "I'il explain to you, then," said the gentleman, after another...  Hard Times: For These Times ~ Paperbound - Page 6Limited preview - About this book
 | American literature - 1865 - 820 pages
...whether you like it or not. Don't tell us you wouldn't paper it What do you mean, boy ? ' " ' I'll explain to you, then,' said the gentleman, after another and a dismal pause, 1 why you wouldn't paper a room with representations of "horses. Do you ever see horses walking up... | |
 | English literature - 1854 - 634 pages
...whether you like it or not. Don't tell us you wouldn't paper it. What do you mean, boy ? " " I 'l1 explain to you, then," said the gentleman, after another and a dismal panse, " why you wouldn't paper a room with representations of horses. Do you ever see horses walking... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1854 - 390 pages
..." whether you like it or not. Don't tell us you wouldn't paper it. What do you mean, boy ? " "I'll explain to you, then," said the gentleman, after another...sir ! " from one half. " No, sir!" from the other. Thomas Gradgrind nodded his approbation. " This is a new principle, a discovery, a great discovery,"... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1858 - 488 pages
...whether you like it or not. Don't tell us you wouldn't paper it. What do you mean, boy ? " " I 'll explain to you, then," said the gentleman, after another...see horses walking up and down the sides of rooms in reality—in fact ? Do you ? " " Yes, sir ! " from one half. " No, sir ! " from the other. " Of course... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1858 - 490 pages
..."whether \ you like it or not. Don't tell us you wouldn't paper it. What do you mean, boy ? " " I 'll explain to you, then," said the gentleman, after another...representations of horses. Do you ever see horses walking up and down-the sides of rooms in reality — in fact ? Do you ? " f Yes, sir ! " from one half. " No, sir... | |
 | Charles Dickens - English fiction - 1868 - 604 pages
...Gradgrind, "whether you like it or not. Don't tell us you wouldn't paper it. What do you mean, boy ? ever see horses walking up and down the sides of rooms in reality — in bet ? Do you?" "Yes, sir !" from one half. " No, sir !" from the other. "Of course no," said the gentleman,... | |
 | Sir Wyke Bayliss - Art - 1879 - 212 pages
...you wouldn't paper it. What do you mean, boy ? " Another dismal pause. " 111 explain to you, then, why you wouldn't paper a room with representations...you ever see horses walking up and down the sides of a room in reality — in fact ? " " Yes, sir ! " from one half. " No, sir ! " from the other. '' Of... | |
 | John Swett, Charles H. Allen, Josiah Royce - Readers - 1883 - 366 pages
...wouldn't paper it. What do you mean, boy?" " I 'll explain to you, then," said the gentleman, after a dismal pause, "why you wouldn't paper a room with..."Yes, sir," from one half. "No, sir," from the other. 13. " Of course not," said the gentleman, with an indignant look at the wrong half. "Why, then, you... | |
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1883 - 504 pages
...wouldn't paper it. What do you mean, boy?" " I'll explain to you, then," said the gentleman, after a dismal pause, "why you wouldn't paper a room with...Yes, sir," from one half. " No, sir," from the other. 13. "Of course not," said the gentleman, with an indignant look at the wrong half. " Why, then, you... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 492 pages
...wouldn't paper it. What do you mean, boy?" " I'll explain to you, then," said the gentleman, after a dismal pause, " why you wouldn't paper a room with...in reality, — in fact? Do you?" "Yes, sir," from one-half. "No, sir," from the other. 13. "Of course not," said the gentleman, with an indignant look... | |
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