The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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... half ut- tered , I looked at my watch , rung the bell , and ordered the carriage to be at the door in a quarter of an hour . I was sealing one of the letters I had been writing , when I heard a knock at the street door , and in a few ...
... half ut- tered , I looked at my watch , rung the bell , and ordered the carriage to be at the door in a quarter of an hour . I was sealing one of the letters I had been writing , when I heard a knock at the street door , and in a few ...
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... half a handful left ! So she was obliged to go to the drug- gist at the other end of the street . Poor thing , she looked so vexed ; for she has quite a confidence , like , in what she gets here ! " " True , very likely ! You said , by ...
... half a handful left ! So she was obliged to go to the drug- gist at the other end of the street . Poor thing , she looked so vexed ; for she has quite a confidence , like , in what she gets here ! " " True , very likely ! You said , by ...
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... half of his glass , and smacked his lips as though he unusually relished the flavour . 66 " Indeed , papa ! " exclaimed the young lady , with an air of anxious vivacity , not attempting to convey to her lips the brimming wineglass her ...
... half of his glass , and smacked his lips as though he unusually relished the flavour . 66 " Indeed , papa ! " exclaimed the young lady , with an air of anxious vivacity , not attempting to convey to her lips the brimming wineglass her ...
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... Half the poor girl's fortune was already transferred , in Lord Scamp's mind , to the pockets of half a dozen harpies at the turf and the table ; so he was , as before observed , very punctual in his engagements at Bullion House , with ...
... Half the poor girl's fortune was already transferred , in Lord Scamp's mind , to the pockets of half a dozen harpies at the turf and the table ; so he was , as before observed , very punctual in his engagements at Bullion House , with ...
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... half in a perfect ecstasy of terror . As soon , however , as the apothecary summoned to her assistance had assured him that there were , happily , no grounds for his fears- that she had had a very violent fit of hysterics , but was now ...
... half in a perfect ecstasy of terror . As soon , however , as the apothecary summoned to her assistance had assured him that there were , happily , no grounds for his fears- that she had had a very violent fit of hysterics , but was now ...
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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 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.
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.