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单词 vendue
例句 vendue
A public sale of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z
Sometimes when there was a "vendue" in the house, reckless folk opened the front gate, and even tied it back. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z
The boy told that the Doanes were at his father’s house, and the miller sent the word to a vendue in the neighborhood. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z
Enquire of the printer hereof: Or otherwise they will be expos'd to sale by publick vendue, on Saturday the 11th of April next, at 12 o'clock, at the Indian-king, in Market Street. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z
The pine tables, rush chairs, and uncurtained bed, had been purchased at half price, at vendue, and exhibited various tokens of decay; but care and neatness and order were displayed in their condition and arrangement. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z
"The Equivalent Lands" were sold at public vendue at Hartford, in 1716, for a little more than a farthing per acre. Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z
A vendue and a funeral were the only gatherings in country communities when the entire neighborhood came freely to an old homestead, when all were at liberty to enter the front dooryard. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z
The enumeration of the stores disposed of by public vendue, on Thursday, the 15th of March, 1830, and six following days, at Penetanguishene, will not be without pathos. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z
There are some articles which would be advantageous from Holland, but goods there run high, and the retailing vendues, which are tolerated here, ruin the shopkeepers. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams
When my husband would not pay the war tax, as Friends would not, the vendue master took away these tankards and sold them. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington
So now the sheriff is going to have a vendue an’ see if he kin satisfy Jud Spink’s claim in full. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks
Soon after the treasurer, making an estimate of the demands upon it, pronounced that all the property of the corporation, if sold at vendue, would not be sufficient to cancel its debts. The History of Dartmouth College
Also in this same year it is named as the place of public vendue of land situated on Broadway. All About Coffee
On either side of the door were tacked up notices of vendues, lotteries, public proclamations, and the appointment of administrators. Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59
Here are you all got together at this vendue of fineries knick-knacks. One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed
“I am going to stay over Monday and go to the vendue,” said Harris. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks
The collectors took several long trips, after the vendue in Westchester County, but found nothing of value at any place. Polly's Business Venture
It is further related that the early slave-holding Philadelphians sold negro men, women, and children at vendue, exhibiting the slaves on a platform set up in the street before the coffee house. All About Coffee
These sales or vendues were frequently held at taverns. Customs and Fashions in Old New England
Again, Poor Richard says, 'Tis foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance; and yet this folly is practiced every day at vendues for want of minding the Almanac. One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed
“Well–maybe,” grunted Harris. 247But Lyddy remembered that Harris had already told her that he proposed to go to the vendue and buy in several pieces of the widow’s furniture. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks
This cent business—and at Hubbell’s vendue, some of you’se even bid half a cent at a time—makes me tired! Polly's Business Venture
Dr. Johnson, at the brewer's vendue, could not have been more learnedly sonorous. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War
I observed wretched devils playing here, whose whole standing kit would not have brought a picaroon at vendue. Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II.
For the vendue opened, and they began to buy extravagantly, notwithstanding all his cautions, and their own fear of taxes. One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed
The young folks had got enough of the vendue now, and so had Mrs. Pritchett. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks
He suggested that they subscribe to several country papers, both daily and weekly, and in that way they would learn of any vendue advertised in its columns. Polly's Business Venture
I was up to the Widow Pope's vendue the day he bid it off. Five Hundred Dollars First published in the "Century Magazine"
Again, Poor Richard says, “’tis foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance;” and yet this folly is practiced every day at vendues for want of minding the almanac. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6
I stopped my horse lately where a great number of people were collected at a vendue of merchant's goods. One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed
It was of heavy wood–no flimsy thing like that one which he had burst open so easily the day of the Widow Harrison’s vendue. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks
“Well, it won’t be fair to charge all afternoon, ’cuz I had a good time with my neighbors what met at that vendue. Polly's Business Venture
Things were mostly sold at a vendue, for the two boys were going in the army. A Little Girl in Old Salem
Here are you all got together at this vendue of fineries and knick-knacks. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6
Their was a vendue opened att this house and their was not Less than a hundred and twenty Dollars worth of things vendued and sold at private sale and Swapt. the 8. The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775 With Numerous Illustrative Notes
Now, Lyddy believed that this young man was altogether too prone to meddle with other people’s affairs; yet ever since the Widow Harrison’s vendue she had been more friendly with Harris. The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks
“Then I should say, ignorance on the part of the buyers at this vendue, exonerates the dealer from all blame,” said Eleanor. Polly's Business Venture
Most of my father's tools were sold at public vendue, which brought in a little ready money. Confessions of Boyhood
For the vendue opened and they began to buy extravagantly, notwithstanding all his cautions and their own fear of taxes. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6
He took me by the hand, and led me out into the middle of the street, and, turning me slowly round, exposed me to the view of those who attended the vendue. The History of Mary Prince A West Indian Slave
I am very differently affected towards the new plan of opening our land office, by dividing the lands among the States, and selling them at vendue. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1
In a very graphic and truthful scene, the "vendue" is depicted. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864
Even while the grand vendue was still in progress the duchess died of grief. The Lost Lady of Lone
Shortly after this catastrophe, Madame Rose made 'a vendue' of her deceased husband's gun and apparel, packed up her own worldly goods, and vanished, to be heard of no more. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
At length the vendue master, who was to offer us for sale like sheep or cattle, arrived, and asked my mother which was the eldest. The History of Mary Prince A West Indian Slave
To sell them at vendue, is to give them to the bidders of the day, be they many or few. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1
The auctioneer said it was the finest cow he had ever sold; and not knowing much about vendues, of course I believed him. Around The Tea-Table
The father wanted it as souvenirs of his lost child, and tried to purchase of him, but the husband raised the price until purchase was impossible, when he advertised the goods for sale at vendue. Half a Century
At 10 A.M. had a vendue at the mast of the plunder taken in the prize, which was sold to the amount of 50£. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861
We were thankful, however, that no more lives were lost during the vendue, which was commenced with the stock; this occupied two days. Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West
Evidently, there was no "vendue" at the Barton farmhouse; neither a funeral, nor a wedding, since male guests seemed to have been exclusively bidden. The Story of Kennett
We had her a year, and yet she never got over wanting to go to the vendue. Around The Tea-Table
We tried to trade him off at private vendue next, offering him at a sacrifice for second-hand tombstones, old iron, temperance tracts—any kind of property. Roughing It, Part 3.
Pursuing my perambulations, I came to the slave and general cotton place of vendue, to the left of the General Post-office, which building is a very substantial edifice of stone. An Englishman's Travels in America His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave States
"Why, a vendue is a—a—what is it, Bob?" Betty Gordon in Washington
The term in use for an auction then was vendue. Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian
The sheriff stood on a box reading the terms of vendue. Around The Tea-Table
A vendue was called, and three thousand dollars in cash realized. Finger Posts on the Way of Life
At all public gatherings, general musters, "vendues" or auctions, and even funerals, whisky flowed with extraordinary freedom. The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790
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