The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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... walked to the door , and shut it . " Sit down , Mary , " said he , sternly , pointing to the sofa . She obeyed him in silence . " Now , girl , tell me - are you drunk or sober ? — where have you been ? -what have you been doing ? " he ...
... walked to the door , and shut it . " Sit down , Mary , " said he , sternly , pointing to the sofa . She obeyed him in silence . " Now , girl , tell me - are you drunk or sober ? — where have you been ? -what have you been doing ? " he ...
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... walked up and down the room . " Well , poor soul ! she's had all that money could get her , doctor , however , and she knows it that's a comfort - but it an't money can keep death off , is it ? " " No , indeed , Mr. Hillary ; but it THE ...
... walked up and down the room . " Well , poor soul ! she's had all that money could get her , doctor , however , and she knows it that's a comfort - but it an't money can keep death off , is it ? " " No , indeed , Mr. Hillary ; but it THE ...
Página 88
... walked rather more quickly than he had been walking before . " Contrary to the wishes of their family , who have for- saken them , and don't know what their sufferings now are - how virtuous - how patient ! And they have got a child too ...
... walked rather more quickly than he had been walking before . " Contrary to the wishes of their family , who have for- saken them , and don't know what their sufferings now are - how virtuous - how patient ! And they have got a child too ...
Página 106
... walked to and fro before the institution , making anxious inquiries every ten minutes or quarter of an hour how his wife went on , and received ready and often encouraging answers . When I quitted her for the night , about an hour after ...
... walked to and fro before the institution , making anxious inquiries every ten minutes or quarter of an hour how his wife went on , and received ready and often encouraging answers . When I quitted her for the night , about an hour after ...
Página 113
... walked home , resolving to leave no stone unturned on their behalf , and pledging myself and wife that the forty pounds we had already collected for the Elliotts , from among our benevolent friends , should be raised to a hundred ...
... walked home , resolving to leave no stone unturned on their behalf , and pledging myself and wife that the forty pounds we had already collected for the Elliotts , from among our benevolent friends , should be raised to a hundred ...
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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.
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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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