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Men were weighed by their dollars, measures gauged by their dollars; life was auctioneered, appraised, put up, and knocked down for its dollars.

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit 2006

In addition to this he had "got wind of the fact," that he was to be auctioneered off; soon these things brought serious reflections to Sheridan's mind, and among other questions, he began to ponder how he could get a ticket on the U.G.R.R., and get out of this "place of torment," to where he might have the benefit of his own labor.

The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. William Still

But no more their household servants at the court-house auctioneered;

Tales of the Chesapeake George Alfred Townsend 1877

Men were weighed by their dollars, measures gauged by their dollars; life was auctioneered, appraised, put up, and knocked down for its dollars.

Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens 1841

'Funds were raised for the two charities via an auction that was auctioneered by Chelsea and England captain John Terry.

Home | Mail Online 2009

"Funds were raised for the two charities via an auction that was auctioneered by Chelsea and England captain John Terry.

Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie 2009

I would find myself, dentures fractured or hopelessly misplaced, in horrible chambres garnies, where I would be entertained at tedious vivisecting parties that generally ended with Charlotte or Valeria weeping in my bleeding arms and being tenderly kissed by my brotherly lips in a dream disorder of auctioneered Viennese bric-a-brac, pity, impotence and the brown wigs of tragic old women who had just been gassed. "

The Guardian World News Martin Amis 2009