 I am very fond of flowers," returned the girl. " And is that why you would put tables and chairs upon them, and have people walking over them with heavy boots ?" " It wouldn't hurt them, sir. They wouldn't crush and wither if you please, sir. They would...  Hard Times: A Novel - Pàgina 18per Charles Dickens - 1854 - 101 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Charles Dickens - 1926 - 1078 pàgines
...gentleman. . " Why would you ? " "If you please, sir, I am very fond of flowers," returned the girl. " And is that why you would put tables and chairs upon...pictures of what was very pretty and pleasant, and JLffiQiild fancy " — "Ay, ay, ay ! Button mustnit fapcyV.' cried the gentleman, quite elated by coming... | |
 | Leverett Samuel Lyon, A. Marie Butler - 1927 - 600 pàgines
...the gentleman. "Why would you?" "If you please, Sir: I am very fond of flowers," returned the girl. "And is that why you would put tables and chairs upon them, have people walking over them with heavy boots?" "It wouldn't hurt them, Sir. They wouldn't crush and... | |
 | 1875 - 398 pàgines
...gentleman. " Why would you ? " "If you please, sir, I am very fond of flowers, " returned the girl. " And is that why you would put tables and chairs upon...boots ? " " It wouldn't hurt them, sir. They wouldn't crash and wither, if you please, sir. They would be the pictures of what was very pretty and pleasant,... | |
 | Elsie Browning Michie - 1993 - 212 pàgines
...with representations of flowers by saying, " 'If you please, sir, I am very fond of flowers. . . . They wouldn't crush and wither, if you please sir. They would be pictures of what was very pretty and pleasant, and I would fancy' " (Charles Dickens, Hard Times [1964],... | |
 | Katherine Kearns - 1996 - 326 pàgines
...fond of flowers," she says. And the third gentleman then plays his trump card in this language game: "And is that why you would put tables and chairs upon...and have people walking over them with heavy boots?" he crows (p. 6). Like Alice, the third gentleman starts out with a baby in his arms and ends up holding... | |
 | Nick Barwick - 2000 - 208 pàgines
...the gentleman. 'Why would you?' 'If you please. Sir, I am very fond of flowers,' returned the girl. 'And is that why you would put tables and chairs upon them, and have people walking over them in heavy boots?' 'It wouldn't hurt them, Sir. They wouldn't crush and wither, if you please, Sir. They... | |
 | James L. Hughes - 2001 - 340 pàgines
...were a grown woman and had a hushand— with representations of flowers, would you? Why would yon? " " And Is that why you would put tables and chairs upon...sir. They wouldn't crush and wither, If you please, eir. They would be the pictures of what was very pretty, and pleasant, and I would fancy " "Ay, ay,... | |
 | David Raizman - 2003 - 406 pàgines
...would, because she is very fond of flowers. But the commissioner sternly asks whether in that case "she would put tables and chairs upon them and have people...the pictures of what was very pretty and pleasant, I would fancy." But the commissioner replies, "Ay, ay, ay. But you mustn't fancy" [italics added].... | |
 | Heidi Stillman - 2003 - 166 pàgines
...you would put tables and chairs upon them and have people walking over them with heavy boots? SISSY: It wouldn't hurt them, sir. They wouldn't crush and...what was very pretty and pleasant, and I would fancy — MR. GRADGRIND: But you mustn't fancy. Fact, fact, fact! You don't walk upon flowers in fact; you... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 2004 - 1354 pàgines
...the gentleman. 'Why would you?' 'If you please, sir, I am very fond of flowers,' returned the girl. 'And is that why you would put tables and chairs upon...sir. They wouldn't crush and wither, if you please, the general behoof of all the little pitchers. 'Girl number twenty possessed of no facts, in reference... | |
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