Famous quotes containing the word bought:
“The cherry orchard is now mine!... I bought the estate on which my grandfather and father were slaves, where they were not even permitted in the kitchen.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (18601904)
“There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile,
He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile:
He bought a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together in a little crooked house.”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th18th century. There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile (l. 14)
“The pound of flesh which I demand of him
Is dearly bought as mine, and I will have it.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
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