The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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... face nearly as white as the handkerchief on which her eyes were violently fixed , and with which her fin- gers were hurriedly playing . 66 Why , Molly ! What's the matter ? What the " is ; I have been too abrupt , as your 40 THE ...
... face nearly as white as the handkerchief on which her eyes were violently fixed , and with which her fin- gers were hurriedly playing . 66 Why , Molly ! What's the matter ? What the " is ; I have been too abrupt , as your 40 THE ...
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... face once more in divers amiable coteries at C's and elsewhere . Old Hillary's dazzled eyes could see nothing but his lordship's coronet ; and he had no more doubt about his right thus to dispose of his daughter's heart than he had ...
... face once more in divers amiable coteries at C's and elsewhere . Old Hillary's dazzled eyes could see nothing but his lordship's coronet ; and he had no more doubt about his right thus to dispose of his daughter's heart than he had ...
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... face , as , day after day , he obsequiously assured him that " there wasn't anything in it " -and that for all his daughter's nonsense , he already " felt himself a lord's father - in - law ! " Miss Hillary's life was becoming ...
... face , as , day after day , he obsequiously assured him that " there wasn't anything in it " -and that for all his daughter's nonsense , he already " felt himself a lord's father - in - law ! " Miss Hillary's life was becoming ...
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... face whitened in an instant , his expanding eye settled upon Mr. Hillary , and his chest heaved with mighty emotion . It was happy for the old man that Elliott at length recollected in him the father of Mary Hillary . He turned his eye ...
... face whitened in an instant , his expanding eye settled upon Mr. Hillary , and his chest heaved with mighty emotion . It was happy for the old man that Elliott at length recollected in him the father of Mary Hillary . He turned his eye ...
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... face with her hands , she burst into a flood of tears . " I can hardly - believe - that it is Miss Hillary , " muttered Elliott . " But your father ! —Mr . Hillary ! What will he say if he sees you ? Are you not ashamed of being seen ...
... face with her hands , she burst into a flood of tears . " I can hardly - believe - that it is Miss Hillary , " muttered Elliott . " But your father ! —Mr . Hillary ! What will he say if he sees you ? Are you not ashamed of being seen ...
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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.