The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 Seiten |
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... length it became a dry and painful one . She began to turn very pale . A suspicion of the real state of the case flashed across my mind . " Now , tell me , ma'am , candidly - confess ! Are not you speaking of yourself ? You really look ...
... length it became a dry and painful one . She began to turn very pale . A suspicion of the real state of the case flashed across my mind . " Now , tell me , ma'am , candidly - confess ! Are not you speaking of yourself ? You really look ...
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... length , in allaying her agitation , im- ploring her to strive to regain her self - possession be- fore reappearing in the presence of her husband . She promised to contrive some excuse for summoning me to see her husband , as if in the ...
... length , in allaying her agitation , im- ploring her to strive to regain her self - possession be- fore reappearing in the presence of her husband . She promised to contrive some excuse for summoning me to see her husband , as if in the ...
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... length , the child's at- tention . It turned 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 ...
... length , the child's at- tention . It turned 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 ...
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... length familiarly acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. El- liott . I found them for a long while extremely reserved on the subject of their circumstances , except as far as an acknowledgment that their pecuniary resources were somewhat ...
... length familiarly acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. El- liott . I found them for a long while extremely reserved on the subject of their circumstances , except as far as an acknowledgment that their pecuniary resources were somewhat ...
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... length led him to commit the fatal act above spoken of . His widow survived the shock scarce a twelvemonth , and her unfortunate son was then left alone in the world , and almost entirely destitute . The trifling sum of ready money ...
... length led him to commit the fatal act above spoken of . His widow survived the shock scarce a twelvemonth , and her unfortunate son was then left alone in the world , and almost entirely destitute . The trifling sum of ready money ...
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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.