Fogg offered first twelve hundred, then
fifteen hundred, eighteen hundred, two thousand pounds.
Just so;
fifteen thousand francs, do you understand?
The rest of the day was occupied with this latter work, for which she received the customary
fifteen sous.
Accept it, accept it, Planchet; and in that way you will only lose
fifteen thousand francs instead of twenty thousand, and you will not be tempted to disregard the signature of your master and friend, by losing nothing at all.
On the 17th they continued down the course of the river, making
fifteen miles to the southwest.
During the
fifteen years of his literary life Poe was connected with various newspapers and magazines in Richmond, Philadelphia and New York.
Because of the
fifteen shillings and the five," they said solemnly.
To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain the first
fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.
Adams, his wife, and
fifteen unfortunates who not only had no money but did not know where to turn or whither to go.
The car, which was of a circular form and
fifteen feet in diameter, was made of wicker-work, strengthened with a slight covering of iron, and protected below by a system of elastic springs, to deaden the shock of collision.
She was somewhat aroused by it, knotted her hair upon her ears in order to deafen herself, and resumed her contemplation, on her knees, of the inanimate object which she had adored for
fifteen years.
Behind her in the doorway appeared a student with a crimson coat collar, an officer of the Guards, a girl of
fifteen, and a plump rosy-faced boy in a short jacket.
It all depends upon whether the fool will remain
fifteen minutes after he finds that a trick has been played upon him; but unless I am mistaken Olga will be loath to let him go in so short a time as that.
Thus it went on for
fifteen days, at first to the disappointment, and then to the great grief, of Van Baerle.
I pay my Tahitians
fifteen a month," she interpolated.
