1 They took her at her own valuation and endured much at her hands, her airs, her graces, her tempers, her arrogance, her downright rudeness and her frankness about their shortcomings.
2 It was therefore necessary to have a valuation of the property, that it might be equally divided between Mrs. Lucretia and Master Andrew.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick DouglassContext Highlight In CHAPTER VIII 3 We were all ranked together at the valuation.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick DouglassContext Highlight In CHAPTER VIII 4 After the valuation, then came the division.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick DouglassContext Highlight In CHAPTER VIII 5 I was absent from Baltimore, for the purpose of valuation and division, just about one month, and it seemed to have been six.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick DouglassContext Highlight In CHAPTER VIII 6 Whatever she had, she seemed to survey only to pick flaws in it; but, once fairly away, there was no end to her valuation of it.
7 Twenty-five millions is the most moderate approximative figure which the valuations of special science have set upon it.
Les Misérables (V5) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA