The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 Seiten |
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... Elliott , No. 5 , street . ' This I put into my pocketbook . She had also , in falling , dropped a small piece of paper , evi- dently containing my intended fee , neatly folded up . This I slipped into the reticule which lay beside her ...
... Elliott , No. 5 , street . ' This I put into my pocketbook . She had also , in falling , dropped a small piece of paper , evi- dently containing my intended fee , neatly folded up . This I slipped into the reticule which lay beside her ...
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... Elliott was ailing ; " and for the matter of that , his wife didn't look the strongest woman in the world . " And pray what bu- siness or calling is he ? " The old man put his spec- tacles back upon his head , and after musing a moment ...
... Elliott was ailing ; " and for the matter of that , his wife didn't look the strongest woman in the world . " And pray what bu- siness or calling is he ? " The old man put his spec- tacles back upon his head , and after musing a moment ...
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... Elliott was in here not an hour ago , for a moment , asking for some sago , because she said Mr. Elliott had taken a fancy to have some sago milk for 66 his supper to - night . It was very unlucky 18 THE MERCHANT'S CLERK .
... Elliott was in here not an hour ago , for a moment , asking for some sago , because she said Mr. Elliott had taken a fancy to have some sago milk for 66 his supper to - night . It was very unlucky 18 THE MERCHANT'S CLERK .
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... Elliott wasn't strong like to play on it ; and she used to hear Mrs. Elliott- ( she is an uncommon agreeable young woman , sir , to look at , and looks like one that has been better off :) I was a saying , however , that Mrs. Hooper ...
... Elliott wasn't strong like to play on it ; and she used to hear Mrs. Elliott- ( she is an uncommon agreeable young woman , sir , to look at , and looks like one that has been better off :) I was a saying , however , that Mrs. Hooper ...
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... Elliott with some eager- ness and anxiety . Nearly a week , however , elapsed before I again heard of Mrs. Elliott , who called at my house one morning when I had been summoned to pay an early visit to a patient in the country . After ...
... Elliott with some eager- ness and anxiety . Nearly a week , however , elapsed before I again heard of Mrs. Elliott , who called at my house one morning when I had been summoned to pay an early visit to a patient in the country . After ...
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agitation arms baronet Bill Fowler Bloomsbury Square bracelet Bullion House Carl Carl's carriage chair coach companion continued counting house daughter 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 PORCELLIAN CLUB 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 - Through the high wood echoing shrill: Sometime walking, not unseen, By Hedge-row Elms, on Hillocks green, Right against the Eastern gate Where the great Sun begins his state...
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 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 - 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 288 - For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And, though a late, a sure reward succeeds.