The other must be pronounced a shade less rich in the colours of youth, but is perhaps even more expensively dressed.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
There is a balance of advantages and disadvantages to be considered: the advantage of a single great establishment with plenty of funds; and the disadvantage that work is always done more expensively by Government.
"Political economy"
W. Stanley Jevons
You and I get used to such things, but I could understand that to a stranger it must be shocking to see so many people feeding so expensively.
"They Call Me Carpenter"
Upton Sinclair