Modern dwellings in town and country adapted to American wants and climate with a treatise on furniture and decoration (1878)
Holly, Henry Hudson, 1834-1892 · New York, Harper & brothers, publishers · leaf 96
putting him off, or re-fusing in toto to have a lightning-conductor. If he asks you tifty centsper foot, lay not the flattering unction to your soul that you can shakehim off by offering twenty-five, as he requires not a moment to considerbefore he takes you up. Finally, if all fair means by which… … Desiern No. 13. One gentleman was telling me of his having erected some cottagesfor sale. He had somehow become the particular mark for the aim ofthese agents, but had bravely resisted, until at last he found himself caughtby a most ingenious trap. One of the fraternity called upon him in theguise…
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