 | James Baldwin, Ida Catherine Bender, Ida C. Bender - Readers - 1911 - 272 pages
...fine carriages, for which he goes in debt, thereby losing the respect of his neighbors, I say, Alas! he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle. When I see a man neglecting the improvement of his mind, wasting his fortune, or ruining his health for mere pleasure,... | |
 | James Baldwin, Ida Catherine Bender - Readers - 1911 - 270 pages
...fine carriages, for which he goes in debt, thereby losing the respect of his neighbors, I say, Alas ! he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle. When I see a man neglecting the improvement of his mind, wasting his fortune, or ruining his health for mere pleasure,... | |
 | Readers - 1912 - 332 pages
...you give too much for your whistle. If I see one fond of appearance, or fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, fine equipages, all above his fortune...for which he contracts debts, and ends his career in a prison, alas, say I, he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle. In short, I conceive that a great... | |
 | Brander Matthews - American essays - 1914 - 528 pages
...you give too much for your whistle. If I see one fond of appearance, or fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, fine equipages, all above his fortune,...for which he contracts debts, and ends his career in a prison, Alas! say I, he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle. When I see a beautiful sweet-tempered... | |
 | Roy Bennett Pace - American literature - 1915 - 680 pages
...you give too much for youl whistle. If I see one fond of appearance, or fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, fine equipages, all above his fortune,...for which he contracts debts, and ends his career in a prison, 65 Alas ! say I, he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle. When I see a beautiful, sweet-tempered... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - Readers - 1917 - 360 pages
...are paying too dear for your whistle." If I see one fond of appearance or fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, fine equipages, all above his fortune, for which he contracts debts, "Alas," says I, " he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle." In short, the miseries of mankind... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - Readers - 1917 - 360 pages
...are paying too dear for your whistle." If I see one fond of appearance or fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, fine equipages, all above his fortune, for which he contracts debts, "Alas," says I, " he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle." In short, the miseries of mankind... | |
 | Charles Anthony Shriner - Anecdotes - 1918 - 712 pages
...you give too much for your whistle." If I see one fond of appearance, or fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, fine equipages, all above his fortune,...contracts debts and ends his career in prison, "Alas," said I, "he paid dear, very dear, for his whistle." When I see a beautiful sweet-tempered girl married... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1918 - 708 pages
...you give too much for your whistle." If I see one fond of appearance, or fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, fine equipages, all above his fortune,...contracts debts and ends his career in prison, "Alas," said I, "he paid dear, very dear, for his whistle." When I see a beautiful sweet-tempered girl married... | |
 | Oscar Charles Gallagher, Leonard Bowdoin Moulton - Commercial correspondence - 1918 - 252 pages
...many, who gave too much for the whistle. If I see one fond of appearance, of fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, fine equipages, all above his fortune,...for which he contracts debts, and ends his career in a prison, Alas! say I, he has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle. Franklin wrote this as an experience... | |
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I, you are providing pain for yourself, instead of pleasure; you give too much for your whistle. 
