Jerningham, Charles Edward Wynne, 1854-, Bettany, Lewis, 1869- · London Chatto & Windus · leaf 54
and ignorant bargain-hunters who, buying at the Caledonian Market,return home with their purchases in triumph, andremove from the shelves of their cabinets objectsof real value which they have inherited, to replacethem with the trash bought at the pitches. Acharming lady recently proposed to turn… … BARGAINS 35 to interfere ; it would only have mortified herto suggest that her knowledge and taste weredeficient. Possibly the Dresden figures have nowbeen dispersed for a song, and the worthless Staf-fordshire groups reign in their place ! Everyone, of course, desires to display the…
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