Meaning what?" I asked, for he came to a pause. "Well, sir, meaning, I suppose, that she might sometime lay violent hands upon herself, or upon another. I can't help thinking that something must have put her into one of these rages with Jane Cross, and... Johnny Ludlow: Sixth Series - Página 47de Mrs. Henry Wood - 1901 - 398 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Richard Graves - 1774 - 386 páginas
...fay, I fhalt eafily find her out.' " The woman laughed at my ignorance of the " town ; and faid, ' I might as well look for a " needle in a bundle of hay.' " She then took me down to breakfaft with " her, behind the bar;, where I. fpent moft part " of that... | |
| 1820 - 330 páginas
...fortune, I dare say I shall easily find her out. The woman laughed at my ignorance of the town, and said I might as well look for a needle in a bundle of hay. She then took me down to breakfast with her behind the bar, where I spent most part of that day, she... | |
| Richard Graves - 1820 - 330 páginas
...fortune, I dare say I shall easily find her out. The woman laughed at my ignorance of the town, and said I might as well look for a needle in a bundle of hay. She then took me down to breakfast with her behind the bar, where I spent most part of that day, she... | |
| Nimrod Nunn (fict.name.) - 1855 - 242 páginas
...remark that if the dog had taken to the common he wouldn't do no harm there, and that, leastways, he might as well look for a needle in a bundle of hay as search for a mad dog on Wymondham common. But this obvious truism did not prevent many mothers,... | |
| Catherine Crowe - 1857 - 458 páginas
...find my way to Paris somehow." " But Paris is as big as London, I s'pose," said Gamble — " and a man might as well look for a needle in a bundle of hay, if so be you don't know where he lives." But Lockwood was not to be deterred from his enterprise ;... | |
| Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1864 - 740 páginas
...tell me where I could get the 'desired information. Well, j yoti see, I was1 thrown on my beam ends. I might as well look for a needle in a bundle of hay, as 'for Mr. Peck in Cottouchester, and BO I thought I wouW try another tack. I recollected I li.'ul... | |
| Conway Keith - 1863 - 328 páginas
...; she left for Lonnon two days agone, but Lunnon's a large place," he continued, reflectively. " Ye might as well look for a needle in a bundle of hay, as for a person in Lonnon, I'm thinking." " But which part, don't you know?" " Can't say as I does.... | |
| Elizabeth Anne Finn - 1869 - 394 páginas
...If I was a Jew still, I would go for very little." " Why, Rabbi Abraham," said Miss Brandon, " you might as well look for a needle in a bundle of hay, as try to find one man in all Australia." Abraham smiled. " Madam, there are many Jews and Jewish money-dealers... | |
| Philip Bennett Power - 1871 - 80 páginas
...the circumstances was being done. " How could I find him in London ? " said the worthy baker — " I might as well look for a needle in a bundle of hay, I must leave Tom to that detective ; and to circumstances : aye, aye, they'll probably do something... | |
| Matilda Mary Pollard - 1872 - 118 páginas
...corners, he had gone •up to them, with the hope of seeing Jack's well-known face among them. But he might as well look for a " needle in a bundle of hay," as the old saying goes. Among the hundreds of mariners coming and going in those crowded thoroughfares,... | |
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