The Merchant's Clerk: & Other TalesHarper & brothers, 1836 - 366 Seiten |
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... round , he briskly dislodged a japanned canister , and whipping off the lid , put a handful of the contents into it . The conclusion I arrived at was not a very favourable one ; the stuff he handed me seemed an abominable com- pound of ...
... round , he briskly dislodged a japanned canister , and whipping off the lid , put a handful of the contents into it . The conclusion I arrived at was not a very favourable one ; the stuff he handed me seemed an abominable com- pound of ...
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... round , started , on seeing a stranger , and disturbed its father , whose eyes looked suddenly but heavily at his child , and then at my approaching figure . 66 Pray walk in , " said he , with a kind of mechanical civility , but ...
... round , started , on seeing a stranger , and disturbed its father , whose eyes looked suddenly but heavily at his child , and then at my approaching figure . 66 Pray walk in , " said he , with a kind of mechanical civility , but ...
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... round abruptly towards Mr. Hillary , and fixing a piercing look upon him , he exclaimed in a low voice , " Oh , monster ! " He was on the eve of explaining Mr. Hil- lary's probable motives - but the thought of his daugh- ter suddenly ...
... round abruptly towards Mr. Hillary , and fixing a piercing look upon him , he exclaimed in a low voice , " Oh , monster ! " He was on the eve of explaining Mr. Hil- lary's probable motives - but the thought of his daugh- ter suddenly ...
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... round the square , she returned , as before , to the gloomy mansion of her father , ascended the steps , and with a shaking hand pulled the bell . " What do you want , young woman ? " inquired a servant from the area . " I wish to see ...
... round the square , she returned , as before , to the gloomy mansion of her father , ascended the steps , and with a shaking hand pulled the bell . " What do you want , young woman ? " inquired a servant from the area . " I wish to see ...
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... round of patients , anxious to be at leisure in the evening for the performance of the solemn the terrible duty imposed upon me by poor Elliott - the conveying his letter to Mr. Hillary , and communicating , at the same time , with all ...
... round of patients , anxious to be at leisure in the evening for the performance of the solemn the terrible duty imposed upon me by poor Elliott - the conveying his letter to Mr. Hillary , and communicating , at the same time , with all ...
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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.