"Size of it" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... carpeting on his arm, about six feet square, and crying it at thirty purses. The prince called to the crier, and asked to see the carpeting, which seemed to him to be valued at an exorbitant price, not only for the size of it, but the meanness of the materials. When he had examined it well, he told the crier that he could not comprehend how so small a piece of carpeting, and of so indifferent an appearance, could be set at so high ...
— The Arabian Nights Entertainments Complete • Anonymous
... I've done a little in my day; but my day, like Ismail's, is declining. They are his subjects, and he needs money, and he puts a price on their heads—that's about the size of it. Question How much will you have to pay? How much have you in ...
— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker |
