The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 Seiten |
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... speaking of yourself ? You really look ill ! " She trembled , but assured me emphatically that I was mistaken . She appeared about to put some ques- tion to me , when her voice failed her , and her eyes , wandering to the window ...
... speaking of yourself ? You really look ill ! " She trembled , but assured me emphatically that I was mistaken . She appeared about to put some ques- tion to me , when her voice failed her , and her eyes , wandering to the window ...
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... speaking of herself . I paused , scarce knowing what to say . " Are her cir- cumstances easy ? Could she go to a warmer climate in the spring or early part of the summer ? I really think that change of scene would do her greater good ...
... speaking of herself . I paused , scarce knowing what to say . " Are her cir- cumstances easy ? Could she go to a warmer climate in the spring or early part of the summer ? I really think that change of scene would do her greater good ...
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... speak , and her tears flowed fast . 66 Indeed , indeed sir , I am no impostor ! and yet I own I have deceived you ! but pity me ! Have mercy on a being quite forsaken and broken hearted ! I meant to pay you , sir , all the while . I ...
... speak , and her tears flowed fast . 66 Indeed , indeed sir , I am no impostor ! and yet I own I have deceived you ! but pity me ! Have mercy on a being quite forsaken and broken hearted ! I meant to pay you , sir , all the while . I ...
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... speaking of . You understand me , sir ? Pawned - or sold - I'll answer for it - ahem ! " " Ah , very probable - yes , very likely ! " I replied , sighing - hoping my gossiping host would go on . " And between you and I , sir , " he ...
... speaking of . You understand me , sir ? Pawned - or sold - I'll answer for it - ahem ! " " Ah , very probable - yes , very likely ! " I replied , sighing - hoping my gossiping host would go on . " And between you and I , sir , " he ...
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... speak plainly - such an audacious at- tachment , one that is utterly unsuitable to your means , your prospects , your station , your birth , your educa- tion- " " You will be pleased , sir , to drop the last two words , " interrupted ...
... speak plainly - such an audacious at- tachment , one that is utterly unsuitable to your means , your prospects , your station , your birth , your educa- tion- " " You will be pleased , sir , to drop the last two words , " interrupted ...
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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.