The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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... length it became a dry and painful one . She began to turn very pale . A suspicion of the real state of the case flashed across my mind . 66 Are Now , tell me , ma'am , candidly - confess ! not you speaking of yourself ? You really look ...
... length it became a dry and painful one . She began to turn very pale . A suspicion of the real state of the case flashed across my mind . 66 Are Now , tell me , ma'am , candidly - confess ! not you speaking of yourself ? You really look ...
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... length , in allaying her agitation , im- ploring her to strive to regain her self - possession be- fore reappearing in the presence of her husband . She promised to contrive some excuse for summoning me to see her husband , as if in the ...
... length , in allaying her agitation , im- ploring her to strive to regain her self - possession be- fore reappearing in the presence of her husband . She promised to contrive some excuse for summoning me to see her husband , as if in the ...
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... length , the child's at- tention . It turned round , started , on seeing a stranger , and disturbed its father , whose eyes looked suddenly but heavily at his child , and then at my approaching figure . " Pray walk in , " said he , with ...
... length , the child's at- tention . It turned round , started , on seeing a stranger , and disturbed its father , whose eyes looked suddenly but heavily at his child , and then at my approaching figure . " Pray walk in , " said he , with ...
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... length familiarly acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. El- liott . I found them for a long while extremely reserved on the subject of their circumstances , except as far as an acknowledgment that their pecuniary resources were somewhat ...
... length familiarly acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. El- liott . I found them for a long while extremely reserved on the subject of their circumstances , except as far as an acknowledgment that their pecuniary resources were somewhat ...
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... length , Elliott overcame the numerous dis- agremens of his altered situation , seeking in constant employment to forget both the gloom and gayeties of the past . Two or three years passed over , Elliott contin- uing thus steadily in ...
... length , Elliott overcame the numerous dis- agremens of his altered situation , seeking in constant employment to forget both the gloom and gayeties of the past . Two or three years passed over , Elliott contin- uing thus steadily in ...
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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.