The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 Seiten |
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... tell you in a few words my errand . I shall not detain you long , sir , " she continued , in a tone considerably more assured . " The fact is , I have received a letter this morning from a friend of mine in the country , a young lady ...
... tell you in a few words my errand . I shall not detain you long , sir , " she continued , in a tone considerably more assured . " The fact is , I have received a letter this morning from a friend of mine in the country , a young lady ...
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... tell me , ma'am , what sort of a cough it is ? " I inquired , shifting my chair , so that I might obtain a more distinct view of her features . She perceived what I was about , I think ; for she seemed to change colour a little , and to ...
... tell me , ma'am , what sort of a cough it is ? " I inquired , shifting my chair , so that I might obtain a more distinct view of her features . She perceived what I was about , I think ; for she seemed to change colour a little , and to ...
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... tell her own story - to ask a thousand little questions . I suppose , by - the - way , that she is under the care of a regular professional man ? " 66 Yes , I believe so - no , I am not sure ; she has been , I believe . " I felt ...
... tell her own story - to ask a thousand little questions . I suppose , by - the - way , that she is under the care of a regular professional man ? " 66 Yes , I believe so - no , I am not sure ; she has been , I believe . " I felt ...
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... tell me their little history ; and before giving the reader an ac- count of what fell under my own personal observa- tion , I shall lay before him , in my own way , the sub- stance of several painfully interesting conversations with ...
... tell me their little history ; and before giving the reader an ac- count of what fell under my own personal observa- tion , I shall lay before him , in my own way , the sub- stance of several painfully interesting conversations with ...
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... tell that pert minx , your maid Joliffe , that I expect she'll turn you out first rate that day , if it's only to save the credit of us - poor - merchants ! " 66 Gracious , papa , but why are you really so anxious about my dressing so ...
... tell that pert minx , your maid Joliffe , that I expect she'll turn you out first rate that day , if it's only to save the credit of us - poor - merchants ! " 66 Gracious , papa , but why are you really so anxious about my dressing 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.