The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 Seiten |
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... eyes over it for a moment or two , as if to re- fresh her memory by looking at her friend's statement . " May I be allowed , ma'am , to look at the letter in which your friend describes her case ? " I inquired , holding out my hand ...
... eyes over it for a moment or two , as if to re- fresh her memory by looking at her friend's statement . " May I be allowed , ma'am , to look at the letter in which your friend describes her case ? " I inquired , holding out my hand ...
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... eyes , wandering to the window , filled with tears . " Forgive me , sir ! I am so anxious about my friend , " she sobbed- " she is a dear , kind , good— ” Her agitation increased . " Calm , pray calm yourself , ma'am ; do not distress ...
... eyes , wandering to the window , filled with tears . " Forgive me , sir ! I am so anxious about my friend , " she sobbed- " she is a dear , kind , good— ” Her agitation increased . " Calm , pray calm yourself , ma'am ; do not distress ...
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... eyes swollen , and her dark hair , partially dishevelled , gave a wildness to her counte- nance , which added to the effect of her incoherent ex- clamations . " I do I do thank you , sir , for your can- dour . I feel that you have told ...
... eyes swollen , and her dark hair , partially dishevelled , gave a wildness to her counte- nance , which added to the effect of her incoherent ex- clamations . " I do I do thank you , sir , for your can- dour . I feel that you have told ...
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... eyes ! Oh how terrible will home be after this ! But how long have I suspected all this ! " I succeeded , at length , in allaying her agitation , im- ploring her to strive to regain her self - possession be- fore reappearing in the ...
... eyes ! Oh how terrible will home be after this ! But how long have I suspected all this ! " I succeeded , at length , in allaying her agitation , im- ploring her to strive to regain her self - possession be- fore reappearing in the ...
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... eyes unutterable things , I hurried down stairs . It may seem sufficiently absurd to dwell so long upon the insignificant circumstance of declining a fee ; a thing done by my brethren daily- often as a matter of course ; but it is a ...
... eyes unutterable things , I hurried down stairs . It may seem sufficiently absurd to dwell so long upon the insignificant circumstance of declining a fee ; a thing done by my brethren daily- often as a matter of course ; but it is a ...
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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.