 | Thomas Dilworth - Arithmetic - 1818 - 222 pages
...other's company, that in a tilic they oflferpd him 301. to stay at that place so long as they, togf'ther with him, could sit every day at dinner in a different...because there were but few of them, and that himself would make no considerable alteration ; he being but one, imagined that he should make a good bargain,... | |
 | Thomas Dilworth - Arithmetic - 1825 - 218 pages
...well pleased with their host, and each other's company, that in a t'rolick they offered him SO/ to stay at that place so long as they, together with...not sit in many different positions, because there wer« but few of them, and that himself would make no considerable alteration; he being but one, imagined... | |
 | Thomas Dilworth - Arithmetic - 1825 - 214 pages
...offered him 30/ to stay at tha't place so long as they, togcther with him, could sit every day at dinucr in a different -order : the host thinking that they could not sit in many different positions, beeause there went but few of them, and that himself would make no considerable alteration; he being... | |
 | James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - Arithmetic - 1829 - 266 pages
...long as they, together with himself, could sit every day at dinner in a different order or position. The host, thinking that they could not sit in many different positions, because there were but a few of them, and that himself could make no considerable alteration, he being but one, imagined that... | |
 | John Rose - Arithmetic - 1835 - 192 pages
...pleased with their host and each other's company, that (in a frolic) they offered him 30 dollars, to stay at that place so long as they, together with...that they could not sit in many different positions, imagined that he should make a good bargain, and readily entered into an agreement with them, and so... | |
 | James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - Arithmetic - 1835 - 264 pages
...long as they, together with himself, could sit every day at dinner in a different order or position. The host, thinking that they could not sit in many different positions, because there were but a few of them, and that himself could make no considerable alteration, he being but one, imagined that... | |
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... make no considerable alteration; he being but one, imagined that he should make a good bargain, and readily, (for the sake of a good dinner, and better company) entered into an agreement with them, and so made himself the eighth person; I demand how... 