The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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... round , he briskly dislodged a japanned canister , and whipping off the lid , put a handful of the contents into it . The conclusion I arrived at was not a very favourable one ; the stuff he handed me seemed an abominable com- pound of ...
... round , he briskly dislodged a japanned canister , and whipping off the lid , put a handful of the contents into it . The conclusion I arrived at was not a very favourable one ; the stuff he handed me seemed an abominable com- pound of ...
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... 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 a kind of mechanical civility , but ...
... 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 a kind of mechanical civility , but ...
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... round abruptly towards Mr. Hillary , and fixing a piercing look upon him , he exclaimed in a low voice , “ Oh , monster ! " He was on the eve of explaining Mr. Hil- lary's probable motives - but the thought of his daugh- ter suddenly ...
... round abruptly towards Mr. Hillary , and fixing a piercing look upon him , he exclaimed in a low voice , “ Oh , monster ! " He was on the eve of explaining Mr. Hil- lary's probable motives - but the thought of his daugh- ter suddenly ...
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... round the square , she returned , as before , to the gloomy mansion of her father , ascended the steps , and with a shaking hand pulled the bell . She " What do you want , young woman ? " inquired a servant from the area . " I wish to ...
... round the square , she returned , as before , to the gloomy mansion of her father , ascended the steps , and with a shaking hand pulled the bell . She " What do you want , young woman ? " inquired a servant from the area . " I wish to ...
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... round of patients , anxious to be at leisure in the evening for the performance of the solemn ― the terrible duty imposed upon me by poor Elliott - the conveying his letter to Mr. Hillary , and communicating , at the same time , with ...
... round of patients , anxious to be at leisure in the evening for the performance of the solemn ― the terrible duty imposed upon me by poor Elliott - the conveying his letter to Mr. Hillary , and communicating , at the same time , with ...
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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.