The Merchant's Clerk: & Other TalesHarper & brothers, 1836 - 366 Seiten |
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... Oxleigh , a solicitor , residing at a little distance from Shrewsbury . He was a short , squat , ugly , Jew - featured man , with a muddy - black piercing eye - the beau ideal of a country pettifogger -with " rogue " written all over ...
... Oxleigh , a solicitor , residing at a little distance from Shrewsbury . He was a short , squat , ugly , Jew - featured man , with a muddy - black piercing eye - the beau ideal of a country pettifogger -with " rogue " written all over ...
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... Oxleigh , with immoveable assurance . The baronet made an effort to control himself ; or , being a power- ful man , he might have thrust his presumptuous visiter out of his presence , somewhat unceremoniously . " I should be sorry , Sir ...
... Oxleigh , with immoveable assurance . The baronet made an effort to control himself ; or , being a power- ful man , he might have thrust his presumptuous visiter out of his presence , somewhat unceremoniously . " I should be sorry , Sir ...
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... Oxleigh , he grasped him with overpowering strength by the collar , holding him for a second or two , and looking in his face as one would into that of a snarling dog , whom one holds by the throat ; and then with a violent kick jerked ...
... Oxleigh , he grasped him with overpowering strength by the collar , holding him for a second or two , and looking in his face as one would into that of a snarling dog , whom one holds by the throat ; and then with a violent kick jerked ...
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... Oxleigh , you know well . " " Have I men- tioned money , Sir William ? " inquired Oxleigh , calmly . " But commit me - commit me this moment . You shall the sooner get rid of your title and estate . " 66 Why , you impudent man , do you ...
... Oxleigh , you know well . " " Have I men- tioned money , Sir William ? " inquired Oxleigh , calmly . " But commit me - commit me this moment . You shall the sooner get rid of your title and estate . " 66 Why , you impudent man , do you ...
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... ( Oxleigh smiled contemptuously ) - " I am ready to hear what you have to say . Go on , sir . You may sit down , if you choose . " The baronet sat down in his easy chair , and Oxleigh took a seat opposite to him . " Not liking to trust my ...
... ( Oxleigh smiled contemptuously ) - " I am ready to hear what you have to say . Go on , sir . You may sit down , if you choose . " The baronet sat down in his easy chair , and Oxleigh took a seat opposite to him . " Not liking to trust my ...
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agitation arms baronet Bill Fowler black puddings Bloomsbury Square bracelet Bullion House Carl Carl's carriage chair coach companion continued counting house dear Dick door dreadful Drysalt Ebury exclaimed eyes father fearful feelings fell fellow felt Forster gasped guineas hand head hear heard heart highwaymen Hillary's honour horse hour hurried husband inquired instantly lady length letter lips looked Lord Scamp Lord Squander lordship ma'am magistrate matter Mincing Lane mind Miss Hillary monk morning never Newfoundland dog night o'clock Old Bailey opened Oxleigh paused pistol poor Elliott present prisoner pugilism replied scarce scene seat seemed servant silence Sir Diggory Sir William Gwynne sitting soon stairs stood stranger suddenly sure tell thee thing thought tion tone Topknot trembling turned uttered voice wagoner walked whispered wife William Fowler words worship wretched
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Seite 349 - Where the great Sun begins his state Robed in flames and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight; While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrowed land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.
Seite 9 - YET once more, O ye laurels, and once more, Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forced fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. Bitter constraint and sad occasion dear Compels me to disturb your season due; For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
Seite 349 - While the Cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his Dames before: Oft listening how the Hounds and horn Cheerly rouse the slumbering morn, From the side of some hoar hill, Through the high wood echoing shrill...
Seite 349 - Through the high wood echoing shrill : Sometime walking, not unseen, By hedgerow elms, on hillocks green, Right against the eastern gate Where the great Sun begins his state, Robed in flames and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight...
Seite 115 - It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Seite 288 - For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And, though a late, a sure reward succeeds.