The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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... -- The Statesman - A slight Cold -Rich and Poor - Grave Doings - The Ruined Merchant - Mother and Son - The Thunderstruck - The Boxer - The Magdalen - The Baronet's Bride . THE MERCHANT'S CLERK , AND OTHER TALES . BY SAMUEL.
... -- The Statesman - A slight Cold -Rich and Poor - Grave Doings - The Ruined Merchant - Mother and Son - The Thunderstruck - The Boxer - The Magdalen - The Baronet's Bride . THE MERCHANT'S CLERK , AND OTHER TALES . BY SAMUEL.
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... poor souls , " thought I , with a sigh , as I stepped from the desk at which I had been occupied in writing for more than an hour , and stood looking over the blinds into the deserted and almost deluged street- " there are one or two poor ...
... poor souls , " thought I , with a sigh , as I stepped from the desk at which I had been occupied in writing for more than an hour , and stood looking over the blinds into the deserted and almost deluged street- " there are one or two poor ...
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... poor man , for in- stance , the bricklayer - he cannot leave his work ex- cept at breakfast time - I wonder how his poor child comes on ! Poor fellow , how anxious he looked yes- terday , when he asked me what I thought of his child ...
... poor man , for in- stance , the bricklayer - he cannot leave his work ex- cept at breakfast time - I wonder how his poor child comes on ! Poor fellow , how anxious he looked yes- terday , when he asked me what I thought of his child ...
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... poor girl ! that they are concealing what is really the matter with her ! " " Well ! she must have stated her case remarkably well , ma'am , " said I , with a smile , " to enable me to give anything like a reasonable guess at her state ...
... poor girl ! that they are concealing what is really the matter with her ! " " Well ! she must have stated her case remarkably well , ma'am , " said I , with a smile , " to enable me to give anything like a reasonable guess at her state ...
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... poor , poor hus- band ! " She fell into violent hysterics . The mystery was now dispelled - it was her husband's case that she had been all the while inquiring about . I saw it all ! Poor soul , to gain my candid , my real opinion , she ...
... poor , poor hus- band ! " She fell into violent hysterics . The mystery was now dispelled - it was her husband's case that she had been all the while inquiring about . I saw it all ! Poor soul , to gain my candid , my real opinion , she ...
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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.
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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.
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