The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 Seiten |
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... tone by which they are distinguished , and of the skill with which the deeply interesting nar- rative is made to convey the valuable lessons of ex- perience and wisdom . These are indeed things wor- thy of praise ; but the public voice ...
... tone by which they are distinguished , and of the skill with which the deeply interesting nar- rative is made to convey the valuable lessons of ex- perience and wisdom . These are indeed things wor- thy of praise ; but the public voice ...
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... tone , at the same time proceeding with what I was engaged upon , that she might have a moment's interval in which to recover her self - possession , made some observations about the weather . " It is still raining hard , I perceive ...
... tone , at the same time proceeding with what I was engaged upon , that she might have a moment's interval in which to recover her self - possession , made some observations about the weather . " It is still raining hard , I perceive ...
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... 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 who is an invalid , and has written to request I would call imme- diately upon some experienced ...
... 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 who is an invalid , and has written to request I would call imme- diately upon some experienced ...
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... tone , and looking at me with sorrow- ful intensity . " Why , that is a very difficult question to answer- in her absence . One ought to see her to hear her tell her own story - to ask a thousand little questions . I suppose , by - the ...
... tone , and looking at me with sorrow- ful intensity . " Why , that is a very difficult question to answer- in her absence . One ought to see her to hear her tell her own story - to ask a thousand little questions . I suppose , by - the ...
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... tone , " indeed ? Don't try to play mock modest with me ! You know as well as I do what I am going to say ! " he added , looking at her archly , as he fancied , but so as to blanch her cheek and agitate her whole frame with an ...
... tone , " indeed ? Don't try to play mock modest with me ! You know as well as I do what I am going to say ! " he added , looking at her archly , as he fancied , but so as to blanch her cheek and agitate her whole frame with an ...
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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.