The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 Seiten |
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... opened by one who has already laid several before you , and is about to take his departure . It was pouring with rain one Wednesday , in the month of March 18- , about twelve o'clock , and had been raining violently the whole morning ...
... opened by one who has already laid several before you , and is about to take his departure . It was pouring with rain one Wednesday , in the month of March 18- , about twelve o'clock , and had been raining violently the whole morning ...
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... " said I , with a cheerful air , hearing a quick step advancing to the door , which was opened , as I expected , by Mrs. Elliott , who entered breathless with haste . " How do you do , maʼam -- Mrs . THE MERCHANT'S CLERK . 23.
... " said I , with a cheerful air , hearing a quick step advancing to the door , which was opened , as I expected , by Mrs. Elliott , who entered breathless with haste . " How do you do , maʼam -- Mrs . THE MERCHANT'S CLERK . 23.
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... opened . Miss Hillary instantly poured out a glass of wine ; and as Elliott approached to take it from the table , with a respectful bow , his eye encountered hers , which was instantly withdrawn ; but not before it had cast a glance ...
... opened . Miss Hillary instantly poured out a glass of wine ; and as Elliott approached to take it from the table , with a respectful bow , his eye encountered hers , which was instantly withdrawn ; but not before it had cast a glance ...
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... opened letters lying on the table , on which stood also - her desk . She perceived that all was discovered- and with a smothered scream fell senseless upon the floor . There , as far as her father was ' concerned , she might have ...
... opened letters lying on the table , on which stood also - her desk . She perceived that all was discovered- and with a smothered scream fell senseless upon the floor . There , as far as her father was ' concerned , she might have ...
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... opened the hall door and the servant who conducted him to the drawing room , where he found Mr. Hillary and another gentleman - Mr . Jeffreys - seated together at a table covered with papers , both of them obviously . agitated . " So ...
... opened the hall door and the servant who conducted him to the drawing room , where he found Mr. Hillary and another gentleman - Mr . Jeffreys - seated together at a table covered with papers , both of them obviously . agitated . " So ...
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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.