 | Daniel Defoe - 1761 - 360 pages
...were, drawn up in a double Line, in as great Order as a Military one. As foon as the Bell has ceafed ringing, the Factors and Buyers of all Sorts enter...feweft Words imaginable, the Price is ftated ; one afks, the other bids ; and they agree ordifagree in a Moment. The Reafon of this prudent Silence is... | |
 | Walley Chamberlain Oulton - 1805 - 964 pages
...and down between Ihe rows, ¡a their occasions direct. Most of them have papers with patterns sealed on them, in their hands ; the colours of which they...cloth, they lean over to the ! clothier, and, by a whisper, in the fewest words imaginable, the price is stated ; one asks, the other bids, and thcya^rec... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1818 - 560 pages
...buyers of all forts enter the hall, and walk up and down between the rows, as their occafions direct. When they have pitched upon their cloth, they lean over to the clothier, and by a whifper, in the fewell words imaginable, the price is ftated ; one atks, the other bids. and they agree or difagree... | |
 | William Beebey Lighton - 1836 - 270 pages
...buyers, of all sorts, enter the hall, and walk up and down between the rows, as their occasions direct. When they have pitched upon their cloth, they lean over to the clothier, and by a whisper, in the fewest words imaginable, the price is stated. One asks, the other bids, and they agree... | |
 | William Beebey Lighton - 1838 - 262 pages
...buyers, of all sorts, enter the hall, and walk up and down between the rows, as their occasions direct. When they have pitched upon their cloth, they lean over to the clothier, and by a whisper, in the fewest words imaginable, the price is stated. One asks; the other bids, and they agree... | |
 | William Beebey Lighton - 1838 - 262 pages
...buyers, of all sorts, enter the hall, and walk up and down between the rows, as their occasions direct. When they have pitched upon their cloth, they lean over to the clothier, and by a whisper, in the fewest words imaginable, the price is stated. One asks, the other bids, and they agree... | |
 | Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 1900 - 538 pages
...as their Occasions direct. Some of them have their foreign Letters of Orders, with Patterns sealed on them, in their Hands ; the Colours of which they...their Cloth, they lean over to the Clothier, and, by a Whisper, in the fewest Words imaginable, the Price is stated ; one asks, the other bids ; and they... | |
 | Charles Jesse Bullock - 1907 - 732 pages
...as their Occasions direct. Some of them have their foreign Letters of Orders, with Patterns sealed on them. in their Hands ; the Colours of which they...their Cloth, they lean over to the Clothier, and by a Whisper, in the fewest Words imaginable, the Price is stated ; one asks, the other bids ; and they... | |
 | Arthur Donald Innes - 1914 - 298 pages
...as their Occasions direct. Some of them have their foreign Letters of Orders, with Patterns sealed on them, in their Hands ; the Colours of which they...their Cloth, they lean over to the Clothier and by a Whisper, in the fewest Words imaginable, the Price is stated ; one asks, the other bids ; and 'tis... | |
 | Charles Harding Firth, Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh - 1920 - 486 pages
...the rows as occasion directs. Some of them have their foreign letters of orders, with patterns sealed on them, in their hands, the colours of which they...the cloths they think they agree to. When they have fixed upon their cloth, they lean over to the clothier, and by a whisper in the fewest words imaginable... | |
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Orders, with Patterns sealed on them, in their Hands ; the Colours of which they match, by holding them to the Cloths they think they agree to. When they have pitched upon their Cloth, they lean over to the Clothier, and, by a Whisper, in the fewest Words... 
