The Merchant's Clerk: & Other TalesHarper & brothers, 1836 - 366 Seiten |
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... companion- " of all things on earth -the flute ! " " Ah ! " replied the worthy grocer , " things are in a bad way when they come to that pass - arn't they ! But Lord , sir ! " dropping his voice , and giving a hur- ried glance towards a ...
... companion- " of all things on earth -the flute ! " " Ah ! " replied the worthy grocer , " things are in a bad way when they come to that pass - arn't they ! But Lord , sir ! " dropping his voice , and giving a hur- ried glance towards a ...
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... companion sprang to the bell , lifted her inanimate form from the floor , and gave her to the entering servants , who instantly bore her to her own room . Mr. Jeffreys the solicitor , a highly respectable man , to whom Mr. Hillary had ...
... companion sprang to the bell , lifted her inanimate form from the floor , and gave her to the entering servants , who instantly bore her to her own room . Mr. Jeffreys the solicitor , a highly respectable man , to whom Mr. Hillary had ...
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... companion burst into tears , and cried as if his heart would break . The matron tried to pacify him , but in vain . " I hope , ma'am , " said she , to my wife , " he did not cry in this way before his mother ? Dr. and Mr. both say that ...
... companion burst into tears , and cried as if his heart would break . The matron tried to pacify him , but in vain . " I hope , ma'am , " said she , to my wife , " he did not cry in this way before his mother ? Dr. and Mr. both say that ...
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... companion , little Elliott , to take their leave , as usual , before I set out for the day . The sight of " Henry Elliott , " to whom one of these portentous letters was addressed , overpowered me . My wife , seeing me much discomposed ...
... companion , little Elliott , to take their leave , as usual , before I set out for the day . The sight of " Henry Elliott , " to whom one of these portentous letters was addressed , overpowered me . My wife , seeing me much discomposed ...
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... of his horses , and had just reached down his whip from the wagon head , when one of his companions touched him upon the elbow , and proffered him a cup of warm spice- scented ale . Won't " Come , Dick - come 134 THE WAGONER . The Wagoner.
... of his horses , and had just reached down his whip from the wagon head , when one of his companions touched him upon the elbow , and proffered him a cup of warm spice- scented ale . Won't " Come , Dick - come 134 THE WAGONER . The Wagoner.
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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
Beliebte Passagen
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.