 | Charles Sedley (novelist.) - 1807 - 218 pages
...eastward; and Mr. Moses—who did not hear the story with quite so much implicit faith as the beau lilbMe 1 had done; and who, at all events, thought there must...promised to assist him in the payment of the debt. •• » was an angel-*-and that all would be well in a few days. : '. '•' -....-»•;.• Meanwhile,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1897 - 666 pages
...lien of all outgoings. He had ong been promised that his arrears should be paid, and he seems to Imve thought a bird in the hand worth two in the bush, and that a definite yearly sum of 30?. was preferable to an uncertain payment of items amounting to a larger... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1897 - 670 pages
...lien of all outgoings. He had ong been promised that his arrears should be paid, and he seems to have thought a bird in the hand worth two in the bush, and that a définit« yearly sum of 302. was preferable to an uncertain payment of items amounting to a... | |
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a "• bird in the hand worth two in the " bush," and put an execution into the house on the morning of the concert. 