The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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... servant showed a lady into the room . She was apparently about four or five and twenty ; neatly but very plainly dressed ; her features , despite an air of languor , as if from recent indisposition , without be- ing strictly handsome ...
... servant showed a lady into the room . She was apparently about four or five and twenty ; neatly but very plainly dressed ; her features , despite an air of languor , as if from recent indisposition , without be- ing strictly handsome ...
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... test she would have to encounter . Ringing the bell , I summoned a female servant , who , with my wife , ( she had heard the violent cries of my patient , ) instantly made her appearance , and paid 14 THE MERCHANTS CLERK .
... test she would have to encounter . Ringing the bell , I summoned a female servant , who , with my wife , ( she had heard the violent cries of my patient , ) instantly made her appearance , and paid 14 THE MERCHANTS CLERK .
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... servant that stood at her father's sideboard at dinner . His mind was kept constantly occupied by his impetuous employer , and his hundred questions about everything that had or had not happened every day in the city Thus for nearly ...
... servant that stood at her father's sideboard at dinner . His mind was kept constantly occupied by his impetuous employer , and his hundred questions about everything that had or had not happened every day in the city Thus for nearly ...
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... servants made their final exit , " I have heard something to - day , in the city - ahem ! in which you are particularly concerned - very much so - and- so -- ahem ! —am I ! " He tossed off half of his glass , and smacked his lips as ...
... servants made their final exit , " I have heard something to - day , in the city - ahem ! in which you are particularly concerned - very much so - and- so -- ahem ! —am I ! " He tossed off half of his glass , and smacked his lips as ...
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... servants , male and female , obeying the summons , rushed pellmell into the dining room ; the ordinary hubbub attendant on a faint- ing fit ensued -- cold water sprinkled , eau de Cologne , volatile salts , & c . , & c . Then the young ...
... servants , male and female , obeying the summons , rushed pellmell into the dining room ; the ordinary hubbub attendant on a faint- ing fit ensued -- cold water sprinkled , eau de Cologne , volatile salts , & c . , & c . Then the young ...
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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.