The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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... Elliott , No. 5 , street . This I put into my pocketbook . She had also , in falling , dropped a small piece of paper , evi- dently containing my intended fee , neatly folded up . This I slipped into the reticule which lay beside her ...
... Elliott , No. 5 , street . This I put into my pocketbook . She had also , in falling , dropped a small piece of paper , evi- dently containing my intended fee , neatly folded up . This I slipped into the reticule which lay beside her ...
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... Elliott was ailing ; " and for the matter of that , his wife didn't look the strongest woman in the world . " And pray what bu- siness or calling is he ? " The old man put his spec- tacles back upon his head , and after musing a moment ...
... Elliott was ailing ; " and for the matter of that , his wife didn't look the strongest woman in the world . " And pray what bu- siness or calling is he ? " The old man put his spec- tacles back upon his head , and after musing a moment ...
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... Elliott was in here not an hour ago , for a moment , asking for some sago , because she said Mr. Elliott had taken a fancy to have some sago milk for 66 his supper to - night . It was very unlucky 18 THE MERCHANT'S CLERK .
... Elliott was in here not an hour ago , for a moment , asking for some sago , because she said Mr. Elliott had taken a fancy to have some sago milk for 66 his supper to - night . It was very unlucky 18 THE MERCHANT'S CLERK .
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... Elliott wasn't strong like to play on it ; and she used to hear Mrs. Elliott- ( she is an uncommon agreeable young woman , sir , to look at , and looks like one that has been better off :) I was a saying , however , that Mrs. Hooper ...
... Elliott wasn't strong like to play on it ; and she used to hear Mrs. Elliott- ( she is an uncommon agreeable young woman , sir , to look at , and looks like one that has been better off :) I was a saying , however , that Mrs. Hooper ...
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... Elliott with some eager- ness and anxiety . Nearly a week , however , elapsed before I again heard of Mrs. Elliott , who called at my house one morning when I had been summoned to pay an early visit to a patient in the country . After ...
... Elliott with some eager- ness and anxiety . Nearly a week , however , elapsed before I again heard of Mrs. Elliott , who called at my house one morning when I had been summoned to pay an early visit to a patient in the country . After ...
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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 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 mind Miss Hillary monk morning never Newfoundland dog night o'clock Old Bailey once 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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Página 343 - 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.
Página 113 - 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.
Página 343 - 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.
Página 365 - SACRED HISTORY OF THE WORLD, Attempted to be Philosophically considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son. By SHARON TURNER, FSA and RASL New Edition, edited by the Rev.
Página 344 - Whilst the landscape round it measures ; Russet lawns and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest ; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks and rivers wide : Towers and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighbouring eyes.
Página 362 - Founder of the Religion of Islam, and of the Empire of the Saracens.
Página 364 - A DESCRIPTION OF PITCAIRN'S ISLAND, AND ITS INHABITANTS. With an Authentic Account of the Mutiny of the Ship Bounty, and of the .subsequent Fortunes of the Mutineers.