The Merchant's Clerk: & Other TalesHarper & brothers, 1836 - 366 Seiten |
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... continued Mr. Jef- freys , " for the dreadful agitation of Mr. Hillary , and reflect that your own conduct has occasioned it . " " So you dare think of marrying my daughter , eh ? " thundered Mr. Hillary , as if about to rise from his ...
... continued Mr. Jef- freys , " for the dreadful agitation of Mr. Hillary , and reflect that your own conduct has occasioned it . " " So you dare think of marrying my daughter , eh ? " thundered Mr. Hillary , as if about to rise from his ...
Seite 51
... is in vain , " continued Mr. Jef- freys , pointing to the letters , " to conceal our fears that your attentions must have proved acceptable to Miss Hillary ; but we give you credit for more honour £ 2 THE MERCHANT'S CLERK . 51.
... is in vain , " continued Mr. Jef- freys , pointing to the letters , " to conceal our fears that your attentions must have proved acceptable to Miss Hillary ; but we give you credit for more honour £ 2 THE MERCHANT'S CLERK . 51.
Seite 52
... continued Jeffreys , " this affair is too important to allow of our quarrelling about words . Common sense must tell you that under no possible view of the case can you be a suitable match for Miss Hillary ; and therefore , common ...
... continued Jeffreys , " this affair is too important to allow of our quarrelling about words . Common sense must tell you that under no possible view of the case can you be a suitable match for Miss Hillary ; and therefore , common ...
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... continued his interested and flattering attentions to Mr. Hillary , with whom he was contin- ually dining , and at length - a proof of the prodigious ascendency he had acquired over Mr. Hillary - suc- ceeded in borrowing from him a very ...
... continued his interested and flattering attentions to Mr. Hillary , with whom he was contin- ually dining , and at length - a proof of the prodigious ascendency he had acquired over Mr. Hillary - suc- ceeded in borrowing from him a very ...
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... continued Mr. New- ington , anxiously . " D - n him , then ! " cried Mr. Hillary , desperately , after a pause , snapping his fingers , " let him do his worst ! He can never find me out . " " Eh ? what ? " interrupted Newington ...
... continued Mr. New- ington , anxiously . " D - n him , then ! " cried Mr. Hillary , desperately , after a pause , snapping his fingers , " let him do his worst ! He can never find me out . " " Eh ? what ? " interrupted Newington ...
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agitation arms baronet Bill Fowler black puddings Bloomsbury Square bracelet Bullion House Carl Carl's carriage chair coach companion continued counting house 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 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 - Where the great Sun begins his state 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 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 - While the Cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his Dames before: Oft listening how the Hounds and horn Cheerly rouse the slumbering morn, From the side of some hoar hill, Through the high wood echoing shrill...
Seite 349 - Through the high wood echoing shrill : Sometime walking, not unseen, By hedgerow elms, on hillocks green, Right against the eastern gate Where the great Sun begins his state, Robed in flames and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight...
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 288 - For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And, though a late, a sure reward succeeds.