Sold

Examples

• I kept the horse until he was four years old, when he went blind, and I sold him for twenty dollars. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I am satisfied that Mr. and Mrs. Micawber could not have enjoyed the feast more, if they had sold a bed to provide it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• She had sold it to become Sir Pitt Crawley's wife. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Why the bookseller that sold me the Wonderful Museum--where's the Wonderful Museum? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• If I could have hoped it would have brought in nearly the sum wanted, I'd have sold all long ago. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Bring out some of the gold you sold yourself to the devil for. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Sons of white fathers, with all our haughty feelings burning in their veins, will not always be bought and sold and traded. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He an't gwine to be sold widout me! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He is as much at the will of his employer as if he were sold to him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• But each evening, when the boy went home with a bundle of papers that had not been sold in the town, his father would sit up reading the returnables. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Certain mechanics in New England, who had heard descriptions of his model, built machines on its lines, and sold them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The system was sold to a very wealthy man, and he would never sell any rights or answer letters. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Guns sold better than all other products. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• On these trains I employed a boy who sold bread, tobacco, and stick candy. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The coal in the retorts is not entirely consumed, but is reduced to the condition of coke, and in this form is sold for fuel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• These are sold under a guaranteed analysis. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He sold a couple of hundred at five cents each. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The strongest washing powder is soda, and this cheap form is as good as any of the more expensive preparations sold under fancy names. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The only potatoes we sold were to our own mess. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In February of 1897 the receiver sold the three Field patents to their original owner, and he in turn sold them to the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Jew's basket be--sold! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Some part must be sold to those who are willing to pay less, and the low price which they give for it must reduce the price of the whole. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• In 1824, a gentleman with whom I am acquainted sold on one occasion 100,000 pieces of 74-reed printing cloth at 30s. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Of the eight volumes already issued, each containing about 350 closely printed pages for half-a-crown, nearly 170,000 copies have been sold within a period of less than three years. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• I heard him speak of a sister Emily, that was sold South, said George. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Who sold your horses for you? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I'm sure I'd rather be sold, ten thousand times over, than to have all that ar poor crittur's got to answer for. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I sold all out, and made what to me then was an immense sum of money. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I--I only sold my shawl this morning. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Bernard has sold his soul. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

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