 | 1870
...done; and this was conveyed by some tale-bearer to the libeller, who said, ' Oh, I suppose he thinks 1 shall some time or other be in his debt; but I will...brothers held an acceptance of his which had been endorsed to them by the drawer, who had also become a bankrupt. The wantonlylibeled men had thus become... | |
 | Mother Angela Gillespie - Elocution - 1871 - 468 pages
...repent what he had done ; and this was conveyed by some tale-bearer to the libeller, who said, " Oh, I suppose he thinks I shall some time or other be...creditors. The pamphleteer became a bankrupt, and t\e brothers held an accepts ance of hia which had been indorsed to them by the drawer, who had also... | |
 | Benjamin Thomas Barton - Bury (England) - 1874 - 376 pages
...Oh ! ' said the libeller, when informed of the remark, ' he thinks that some time or other I shall be in his debt ; but I will take good care of that.' • It happens, however, that men in business do 'not always foresee who shall be their creditor, and it so turned out that the Grants'... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Conduct of life - 1876 - 448 pages
...Oh ! " said the libeller, when informed of the remark, " he thinks that some time or other I shall be in his debt ; but I will take good care of that." It happens, however, that men in business do not always foresee who shall be their creditor, and it so turned out that the Grants'... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1879 - 362 pages
...repent of what he had done ; and this was conveyed by some tale-bearer to the libeler, who said, "Oh, I suppose he thinks I shall some time or other be...that." It happens, however, that a man in business can not always choose who shall be his creditors. The pamphleteer became a bankrupt, and the brothers... | |
 | French language - 1882 - 198 pages
...repent what he had done. And this was conveyed by some tale-bearer to the libeller, who said : " Oh, I suppose he thinks I shall some time or other be...brothers held an acceptance of his which had been endorsed to them by the drawer, who had also become a bankrupt. 2. The wantonly libelled had thus become... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1896 - 360 pages
...repent of what he had done; and this was conveyed by some talebearer to the libeler, who said, "Oh, 1 suppose he thinks I shall some time or other be in...that." It happens, however, that a man in business can not always choose who shall be his creditors. The pamphleteer became a, bankrupt, and the brothers... | |
 | Maximilian Delphianus Berlitz - 1908 - 184 pages
...repent of what he had done; and this was conveyed by some tale-bearer to the libeller, who said, "Oh, I suppose he thinks I shall some time or other be in his debt; but 1 will take good care of that." It happens, however, that a man in business cannot always choose who... | |
 | Fong F. Sec - English language - 1908 - 152 pages
...of it. When informed of the remark, the writer said, " Oh ! he thinks that sometime or other I shall be in his debt ; but I will take good care of that." In the course of time it happened the writer of the pamphlet became a bankrupt, and could not complete... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Primers, American - 1920 - 390 pages
...repent of what he had done; and this was conveyed by some talebearer to the libeler, who said, " Oh, I suppose he thinks I shall some time or other be...that." It happens, however, that a man in business can not always choose who shall be his creditors. The pamphleteer became '& bankrupt, and the brothers... | |
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... Manchester, England, published a scurrilous pamphlet, in which he endeavored to hold up the house of Grant Brothers to ridicule. William Grant remarked upon the occurrence that the man would live to repent... 
