The Merchant's Clerk: & Other TalesHarper & brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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... fire ; " ( stirring it into a cheerful blaze ; ) " shall I offer you a glass of wine , or wine and water ? You look very chilly . " up " No , thank you , sir ; I am rather wet certainly , but I am accustomed to rain ; I will , however ...
... fire ; " ( stirring it into a cheerful blaze ; ) " shall I offer you a glass of wine , or wine and water ? You look very chilly . " up " No , thank you , sir ; I am rather wet certainly , but I am accustomed to rain ; I will , however ...
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... fire , if you please , and tell you in a few words my errand . I shall not detain you long , sir , " she continued , in a tone considerably more assured . " The fact is , I have received a letter this morning from a friend of mine in ...
... fire , if you please , and tell you in a few words my errand . I shall not detain you long , sir , " she continued , in a tone considerably more assured . " The fact is , I have received a letter this morning from a friend of mine in ...
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... in black , his coat being buttoned evi- dently for warmth's sake ; for though it was March , and the weather very bleak and bitter , there was scarce any appearance of fire in about the smallest grate I THE MERCHANT'S CLERK . 21.
... in black , his coat being buttoned evi- dently for warmth's sake ; for though it was March , and the weather very bleak and bitter , there was scarce any appearance of fire in about the smallest grate I THE MERCHANT'S CLERK . 21.
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& Other Tales Samuel Warren. any appearance of fire in about the smallest grate I ever saw . The room was small , but very clean and comfortable , though not overstocked with furniture- what there was being of the most ordinary kind . A ...
& Other Tales Samuel Warren. any appearance of fire in about the smallest grate I ever saw . The room was small , but very clean and comfortable , though not overstocked with furniture- what there was being of the most ordinary kind . A ...
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... fire amid the combustible feel- ings of a most susceptible but subdued heart . It fixed the fate of their lives . The train so long laid had been at length unexpectedly ignited , and the confounded clerk returned or rather staggered ...
... fire amid the combustible feel- ings of a most susceptible but subdued heart . It fixed the fate of their lives . The train so long laid had been at length unexpectedly ignited , and the confounded clerk returned or rather staggered ...
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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 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 Mincing Lane mind Miss Hillary monk morning never Newfoundland dog night o'clock Old Bailey opened 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 349 - 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 9 - YET once more, O ye laurels, and once more, Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forced fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. Bitter constraint and sad occasion dear Compels me to disturb your season due; For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
Página 349 - While the Cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his Dames before: Oft listening how the Hounds and horn Cheerly rouse the slumbering morn, From the side of some hoar hill, Through the high wood echoing shrill...
Página 349 - Through the high wood echoing shrill : Sometime walking, not unseen, By hedgerow elms, on hillocks green, Right against the eastern gate Where the great Sun begins his state, Robed in flames and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight...
Página 115 - 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 288 - For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And, though a late, a sure reward succeeds.