The Merchant's Clerk: & Other TalesHarper & brothers, 1836 - 366 Seiten |
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... attend as much as possible to my health , is it probable that it would not then be too late ? " " Oh , come , Mr. Elliott , let us prefer the sunshine to the cloud , " said I , with a cheerful air , hearing a quick step advancing to the ...
... attend as much as possible to my health , is it probable that it would not then be too late ? " " Oh , come , Mr. Elliott , let us prefer the sunshine to the cloud , " said I , with a cheerful air , hearing a quick step advancing to the ...
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... attended to at his own lodging . His labours in this way were , I perceived , notwithstanding my injunctions and his promises , of the most intense and unremitting , and , I feared , ill - requited description . But with what heart ...
... attended to at his own lodging . His labours in this way were , I perceived , notwithstanding my injunctions and his promises , of the most intense and unremitting , and , I feared , ill - requited description . But with what heart ...
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... attend to business , he issued orders that as El- liott was the clerk whose residence was nearest to Bullion House , he should attend him every morning for an hour or two on matters of business , carrying Mr Hillary's orders to the city ...
... attend to business , he issued orders that as El- liott was the clerk whose residence was nearest to Bullion House , he should attend him every morning for an hour or two on matters of business , carrying Mr Hillary's orders to the city ...
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... attended by Mr. Hillary and his family , commanding a distant view of the great central pew- matted , hassocked , and velvet cushioned , with a rich array of splendid implements of devotion , in the shape of Bibles and prayer books ...
... attended by Mr. Hillary and his family , commanding a distant view of the great central pew- matted , hassocked , and velvet cushioned , with a rich array of splendid implements of devotion , in the shape of Bibles and prayer books ...
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... attend upon her mother , who had that day been more than ordi- narily indisposed , he motioned her to resume her seat . " Well , Molly " -for that was the elegant version of her Christian name which he generally adopted when in a good ...
... attend upon her mother , who had that day been more than ordi- narily indisposed , he motioned her to resume her seat . " Well , Molly " -for that was the elegant version of her Christian name which he generally adopted when in a good ...
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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.