 I did want to bring Mrs. Strange and you together, and so I chanced it. Of course, it's a sent-in dinner, as you must have inferred from the man at the door; I've given my servants a holiday, and had Claret's people do the whole thing. It's as broad as...  The Relentless Current - Էջ 137Maud Ballington Booth - 1912 - 324 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Charles Dickens - 1876 - 636 էջ
...are we to remain at the fair till night, or return for evening parade ? " continued the other. " One might just as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb, and I shall certainly vote for staying." " You vote ! " ejaculated Darall, in a tone of scorn equal to... | |
 | James Payn - 1877 - 302 էջ
...are we to remain at the fair till night, or return for evening parade ? " continued the other. " One might just as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb, and I shall certainly vote for staying. " " You vote ! " ejaculated Darall, in a tone of scorn equal to... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1894 - 906 էջ
...Friend, however, that if they were going to pass a Bill dealing with the rates of London the Committee might just as well be " hung for a sheep as a lamb " and make the amount 6d. at once. MR. RG WEBSTER, after the observations which had been made, asked permission... | |
 | 1907 - 256 էջ
...Claret's people do the whole thing. It's as broad as it's long, and, as my husband says, you might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb ; and it saves bother. Everybody will know it's sent in, so that nobody will be deceived. There'll be a turkey... | |
 | Charles Messent - 1907 - 346 էջ
...windows," said Austen excitedly, as they walked away. He felt sure retribution would follow, and he might just as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb. When they returned to the vicarage, after a long walk, the doctor entered the study, Austen following... | |
 | Cicely Mary Hamilton - 1908 - 392 էջ
...enquired tenderly if I was feeling tired? I told her I was dog-tired — and that my feet ached; one may just as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb and I knew I was dead sure to be reported for sitting down in business hours — government regulations... | |
 | Maud Ballington Booth - 1912 - 358 էջ
...to look at her. "Do you know Beatrice? Why, she was my dearest chum at The Mistress of Riverside 137 Lausanne when we were at school together, and she...Laurelton, who had touched so many hearts with her fairy 138 The Relentless Current hands in passing, and then flitted away to put those same hands into the... | |
 | Winifred Arnold - 1919 - 232 էջ
...Koweny's pasture. Ma'd say I'd put myself on the level of shiftless furriners by borrowing anyway — so I might just as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb and go the whole figger and borrow from them. 'Course it don't seem real appetizing, as you might say ;... | |
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