I was willing enough to entrust him with this commission ; and the next morning I perceived his sisters mighty busy in fitting out Moses for the fair ; trimming his hair, brushing his buckles, and cocking his hat with pins. The business of the toilet... The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale - Page 57by Oliver Goldsmith - 1820 - 204 pagesFull view - About this book
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1780 - 106 pages
...over, we had at laft the fatisfailion of feeing him. mounted upon the colt, with a deal box beforç him to bring home groceries in. He had on a coat made...they call thunder and lightning, which, though grown too ihorf, was much too good to be thrown away. His waiftcoat was of- " gofling green, and his fifters... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1792 - 252 pages
...his hat with pins. The bufinefs of the toilet being over, we had at laft the fatisfaction of feeing him mounted upon the colt, with a deal box before...they call thunder and lightning, which, though grown too fhort, was much to good to be thrown away. His waiftcoat was of gofling green, and his fifters... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1799 - 214 pages
...cocking his hat with pins. The business of the toilpt being over, we had at last the sa» tisfaction of seeing him mounted upon the colt, with a deal box...on a coat made of that cloth they call thunder and lightuing, which, though grown too short, was much too good to be thrown away. His waistcoat was of... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1801 - 424 pages
...his hat with pins. The bufinefs of the toilet btfing over, we had at laft the fatisfaction of feeing him mounted upon the colt, with a deal box before...that cloth they call thunder and lightning, which, tho' grown too fhort, was much too good to be thrown away. His waiftcoat was of gofling green, and... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 428 pages
...trimming his hair, brushing his buckles, and cocking his hat with pins. The business of the toilet being over, we had at last the satisfaction of seeing him...groceries in. He had on a coat made of that cloth they called thunder and lightning, which, tho' grown too short, was much too good to be thrown away. His... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 438 pages
...trimming his hair, brushing his buckles, and cocking his hat with pins. The business of the toilet being over, we had at last the satisfaction of seeing him...groceries in. He had on a coat made of that cloth they called thunder and lightning, which, tho' grown too short, was much too good to be thrown away. His... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1815 - 268 pages
...trimming his hair, brushing his buckles, and cocking his hat with pins. The business of the toilet being over, we had at last the satisfaction of seeing him...they call thunder and lightning, which though grown too short, was much too good to be thrown away. His waistcoat was of gosling green, and his sisters... | |
| English literature - 1820 - 406 pages
...trimming his hair, brushing his buckles, and cockiug his hat with pins. The business of the toilet being over, we had at last the satisfaction of seeing him...they call thunder and lightning, which though grown too short, was much too good to be thrown away. His waistcoat was of gosling green, and his sisters... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 pages
...toilet being over, we had at last the satisfaction of seeing him mounted upon the colt, with a deal-box h is excited by objects of pleasure, or inspired by sounds of harmony, sooths the he thunder-and-lightning, which, though grown too short, was much too good to be thrown away. His waistcoat... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...trimming his hair, brushing his buckles, and cocking his hat with pins. The business of the toilet being over, we had at last the satisfaction of seeing him mounted upon the colt, with a deal-box before him to bring home groceries in. He had on a coat made of that clotn they call thunder-and-lightning,... | |
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