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I consider myself, therefore, a made man, and am bargaining for a country seat on the Hudson.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 by Poe, Edgar Allan

"I am bargaining for a supporter," Burr told himself, "not for a rival," and became if possible more deferentially courteous than before.

From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary

We start for Florence, post, on Friday morning, and I am bargaining for a carriage to take us on to Venice.

From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 by Hogarth, Georgina