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"Proposition" Quotes from Famous Books

... my twenty minutes," he said, taking out his watch. "I don't expect you to give a decided answer on the spot. All that I ask is that you'll consider my proposition." ...

— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells

... the few years we held them. The property, therefore, of their whole produce was ours; not only during the war, but even for more than a year after the peace. The author, I hope, will not again venture upon so rash and discouraging a proposition concerning the nature and effect of those conquests, as to call them a convenience to the remittances of France; he sees, by this account, that what he asserts is not only without foundation, but ...

— The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12) • Edmund Burke

... spoken since Joe made the proposition to purchase his liberty, until fully an hour passed, and then he said ...

— Messenger No. 48 • James Otis

... can't fool me with that kind of talk. Not unless yuh hand over yore gun, that is. Do that, an' I might consider the proposition—not otherwise." ...

— Shoe-Bar Stratton • Joseph Bushnell Ames

... most moves on the board. And you may depend upon it if she's had any designs on me—mind you, I don't say she has—but if she has, she sees now that they'll never come to anything. She's given me up as a hopeless proposition." ...

— In Brief Authority • F. Anstey

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