The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 26
Página 173
... Oxleigh , a solicitor , residing at a little distance from Shrewsbury . He was a short , squat , ugly , Jew - featured man , with a muddy - black piercing eye - the beau ideal of a country pettifogger -with " rogue " written all over ...
... Oxleigh , a solicitor , residing at a little distance from Shrewsbury . He was a short , squat , ugly , Jew - featured man , with a muddy - black piercing eye - the beau ideal of a country pettifogger -with " rogue " written all over ...
Página 174
... Oxleigh , with immoveable assurance . The baronet made an effort to control himself ; or , being a power- ful man , he might have thrust his presumptuous visiter out of his presence , somewhat unceremoniously . " I should be sorry , Sir ...
... Oxleigh , with immoveable assurance . The baronet made an effort to control himself ; or , being a power- ful man , he might have thrust his presumptuous visiter out of his presence , somewhat unceremoniously . " I should be sorry , Sir ...
Página 175
... Oxleigh , he grasped him with overpowering strength by the collar , holding him for a second or two , and looking in his face as one would into that of a snarling dog , whom one holds by the throat ; and then with a violent kick jerked ...
... Oxleigh , he grasped him with overpowering strength by the collar , holding him for a second or two , and looking in his face as one would into that of a snarling dog , whom one holds by the throat ; and then with a violent kick jerked ...
Página 176
... Oxleigh , you know well . " " Have I men- tioned money , Sir William ? " inquired Oxleigh , calmly . " But commit me - commit me this moment . You shall the sooner get rid of your title and estate . " " Why , you impudent man , do you ...
... Oxleigh , you know well . " " Have I men- tioned money , Sir William ? " inquired Oxleigh , calmly . " But commit me - commit me this moment . You shall the sooner get rid of your title and estate . " " Why , you impudent man , do you ...
Página 177
... ( Oxleigh smiled contemptuously ) - " I am ready to hear what you have to say . Go on , sir . You may sit down , if you choose . " The baronet sat down in his easy chair , and Oxleigh took a seat opposite to him . " Not liking to trust my ...
... ( Oxleigh smiled contemptuously ) - " I am ready to hear what you have to say . Go on , sir . You may sit down , if you choose . " The baronet sat down in his easy chair , and Oxleigh took a seat opposite to him . " Not liking to trust my ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
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
Pasajes populares
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.