 | William Carew Hazlitt - Anecdotes - 1900 - 380 pages
...owner of it was a widow, and Lord Peterborough offered to buy it at a great price, which she refused. Finding there was no other way of coming at the bird,...he determined to change it ; and getting one of the same colour, with nearly the same marks, but which happened to be a hen, he went to the house. The... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - Anecdotes - 1872 - 390 pages
...owner of it was a widow, and Lord Peterborough offered to buy it at a great price, which she refused. Finding there was no other way of coming at the bird,...he determined to change it; and getting one of the same colour, with nearly the same marks, but which happened to be a hen, he went to the house. The... | |
 | John Hawkins - Music - 1875 - 508 pages
...owner of it was a widow, and lord Peterborough offered to buy it at a great price, which she refused : finding there was no other way of coming at the bird,...he determined to change it ; and getting one of the same colour, with nearly the same marks, but which happened to be a hen, went to the house ; the mistress... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1918 - 708 pages
...the owner was a widow and Lord Peterborough offered to buy it at a great price, which she refused; finding there was no other way of coming at the bird...he determined to change it; and, getting one of the same color, with nearly the same marks, but which happened to be a hen, went to the house; the mistress... | |
 | Charles Anthony Shriner - Anecdotes - 1918 - 712 pages
...the owner was a widow and Lord Peterborough offered to buy it at a great price, which she refused; finding there was no other way of coming at the bird...he determined to change it; and, getting one of the eame color, with nearly the same marks, but which happened to be a hen, went to the house; the mistress... | |
 | American periodicals - 1856 - 846 pages
...of it was л widow, and Lord Peterborough offei«d to buy it at a great price, which ehe refused : finding there was no other way of coming at the bird,...he determined to change it; and getting one of the same color, with nearly the same marks, but which happened to be & hen, went to the house; the mistress... | |
 | English essays - 1777 - 750 pages
...cft'ered to buy it at a great price, which (lie re f ufed. Finding there was no other way of comingat the bird, he determined to change it, and getting one of the fame colour, with nearly tlie fame markf, but which happened to be a hen, he went to the houle: tiie miltrefr ufually fat in... | |
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Charing-cross, and entreated him to get it for her ; the owner of it was a widow, and Lord Peterborough offered ,to buy it at a great price, which she refused. 
