The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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... honour . His regular and frugal habits enabled him to subsist upon his scanty salary with decency , if not comfort , and without running into debt - that infallible destructive of all peace of mind and all self - respect ! His sole ...
... honour . His regular and frugal habits enabled him to subsist upon his scanty salary with decency , if not comfort , and without running into debt - that infallible destructive of all peace of mind and all self - respect ! His sole ...
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... honour his drafts . " Miss Hillary did not make her appearance the next morning at her father's breakfast table , her maid being sent to say , that her young lady had a violent head- ache , and so forth ; the consequence of which was ...
... honour his drafts . " Miss Hillary did not make her appearance the next morning at her father's breakfast table , her maid being sent to say , that her young lady had a violent head- ache , and so forth ; the consequence of which was ...
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... 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 C 2 THE MERCHANT'S CLERK . 51.
... 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 C 2 THE MERCHANT'S CLERK . 51.
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And Other Tales Samuel Warren. Hillary ; but we give you credit for more honour , more good sense than will admit of your carrying further this most unfortunate affair , of your persisting in such a wild - I must speak plainly - such an ...
And Other Tales Samuel Warren. Hillary ; but we give you credit for more honour , more good sense than will admit of your carrying further this most unfortunate affair , of your persisting in such a wild - I must speak plainly - such an ...
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... honour - of delicacy - of spirit - persevere with your addresses where the inevitable consequence of success on your part must be her degradation from the sphere in which she has hitherto moved - her condemnation to straitened ...
... honour - of delicacy - of spirit - persevere with your addresses where the inevitable consequence of success on your part must be her degradation from the sphere in which she has hitherto moved - her condemnation to straitened ...
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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.