The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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... question . Well - it can't be helped , however ! " With this exclamation , half ut- tered , I looked at my watch , rung the bell , and ordered the carriage to be at the door in a quarter of an hour . I was sealing one of the letters I ...
... question . Well - it can't be helped , however ! " With this exclamation , half ut- tered , I looked at my watch , rung the bell , and ordered the carriage to be at the door in a quarter of an hour . I was sealing one of the letters I ...
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... questions , sir ; for I am very well acquainted with her situation , and was a good deal with her , not long ago . " 66 " Ah , that's well . Then will you be so kind , " giv- ing a monitory glance at my watch , as to say what you know ...
... questions , sir ; for I am very well acquainted with her situation , and was a good deal with her , not long ago . " 66 " Ah , that's well . Then will you be so kind , " giv- ing a monitory glance at my watch , as to say what you know ...
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... question . She said that the cough was at first very slight ; so slight that her friend had thought nothing of it , but at length it became a dry and painful one . She began to turn very pale . A suspicion of the real state of the case ...
... question . She said that the cough was at first very slight ; so slight that her friend had thought nothing of it , but at length it became a dry and painful one . She began to turn very pale . A suspicion of the real state of the case ...
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... question to answer- in her absence . One ought to see her - to hear her tell her own story - to ask a thousand little questions . I suppose , by - the - way , that she is under the care of a regular professional man ? " 66 Yes , I ...
... question to answer- in her absence . One ought to see her - to hear her tell her own story - to ask a thousand little questions . I suppose , by - the - way , that she is under the care of a regular professional man ? " 66 Yes , I ...
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... questions . He had detected in himself , some years ago , symptoms of a liver complaint , which a life of much confinement and anxiety had since con- tributed to aggravate . He mentioned the accident alluded to by Mrs. Elliott ; and ...
... questions . He had detected in himself , some years ago , symptoms of a liver complaint , which a life of much confinement and anxiety had since con- tributed to aggravate . He mentioned the accident alluded to by Mrs. Elliott ; and ...
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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.