The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 Seiten |
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... matter with her ! " " Well ! she must have stated her case remarkably well , ma'am , " said I , with a smile , “ to enable me to give anything like a reasonable guess at her state without seeing her ! " 66 " Oh , but I may be able to ...
... matter with her ! " " Well ! she must have stated her case remarkably well , ma'am , " said I , with a smile , “ to enable me to give anything like a reasonable guess at her state without seeing her ! " 66 " Oh , but I may be able to ...
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... matters contained in it , sir , " she replied quickly ; " the fact is , there was some blood - spitting at the time , which I believe has not yet quite ceased . " " And does she complain of pain in the chest ? " " Yes - particularly in ...
... matters contained in it , sir , " she replied quickly ; " the fact is , there was some blood - spitting at the time , which I believe has not yet quite ceased . " " And does she complain of pain in the chest ? " " Yes - particularly in ...
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... 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 , replied , " Why , now , I can't ...
... 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 , replied , " Why , now , I can't ...
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... matters like these , " pointing to the huge folios lying upon the table ; " he must keep regular hours , and if all of you could go to a lodging on the outskirts of the town , the fresh air would do you a world of good . You must under ...
... matters like these , " pointing to the huge folios lying upon the table ; " he must keep regular hours , and if all of you could go to a lodging on the outskirts of the town , the fresh air would do you a world of good . You must under ...
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... matter of course ; but it is a matter that has often occasioned me no inconsiderable embarrassment . " Tis really often a difficult thing to refuse a fee prof- fered by those one knows to be unable to afford it , so as not to make them ...
... matter of course ; but it is a matter that has often occasioned me no inconsiderable embarrassment . " Tis really often a difficult thing to refuse a fee prof- fered by those one knows to be unable to afford it , so as not to make them ...
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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.