The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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... Hillary , the head of the firm , a man of very great wealth , had risen from being a mere errand boy , to his present eminence in the mercantile world , through a rare combination of good fortune and personal merit merit , as far as ...
... Hillary , the head of the firm , a man of very great wealth , had risen from being a mere errand boy , to his present eminence in the mercantile world , through a rare combination of good fortune and personal merit merit , as far as ...
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... Hillary's orders to the city , and especially bringing him , day by day , in a sealed envelope , his banker's book ! A harassing post this proved for poor Elliott . Severe discipline had trained his temper to bear more than most men ...
... Hillary's orders to the city , and especially bringing him , day by day , in a sealed envelope , his banker's book ! A harassing post this proved for poor Elliott . Severe discipline had trained his temper to bear more than most men ...
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... Hillary , it never crossed his mind as being possi- ble that two young hearts could , by any means , when in different ranks of society , one rich , the other poor , be warmed into a feeling of regard , and even love for one another ...
... Hillary , it never crossed his mind as being possi- ble that two young hearts could , by any means , when in different ranks of society , one rich , the other poor , be warmed into a feeling of regard , and even love for one another ...
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... Hillary obeyed her father's second orders , carefully looking in every direction but that in which she would have encountered Elliott ; and whispering a word or two into her father's ear , quitted the room . Elliott's heart was beating ...
... Hillary obeyed her father's second orders , carefully looking in every direction but that in which she would have encountered Elliott ; and whispering a word or two into her father's ear , quitted the room . Elliott's heart was beating ...
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... Hillary's look ? Was it not corroborated by her subsequent conduct ? And , by- the - way , now that he came to glance backward into the two or three months during which he had been almost daily in her presence , divers little incidents ...
... Hillary's look ? Was it not corroborated by her subsequent conduct ? And , by- the - way , now that he came to glance backward into the two or three months during which he had been almost daily in her presence , divers little incidents ...
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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.