The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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... manner . " So now it's all out - my poor , poor hus- band ! " She fell into violent hysterics . The mystery was now dispelled - it was her husband's case that she had been all the while inquiring about . I saw it all ! Poor soul , to ...
... manner . " So now it's all out - my poor , poor hus- band ! " She fell into violent hysterics . The mystery was now dispelled - it was her husband's case that she had been all the while inquiring about . I saw it all ! Poor soul , to ...
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... manners of Mr. and Mrs. Elliott , and disposed to cul- tivate their acquaintance . Both were too evidently oppressed with melancholy , which was not , however , sufficient to prevent my observing the simplicity and manliness of the ...
... manners of Mr. and Mrs. Elliott , and disposed to cul- tivate their acquaintance . Both were too evidently oppressed with melancholy , which was not , however , sufficient to prevent my observing the simplicity and manliness of the ...
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... manners , his easy but melancholy deportment , his punctuality and exactitude in all his engagements , soon gained him the goodwill of his brethren in the office , and occasionally an indication of satisfaction on the part of some one ...
... manners , his easy but melancholy deportment , his punctuality and exactitude in all his engagements , soon gained him the goodwill of his brethren in the office , and occasionally an indication of satisfaction on the part of some one ...
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... manner , still conning over the letter which told him , in effect , that he would re- tire to bed that night four or five thousand pounds poorer than he rose from it - ignorant that within the last few moments , in his very presence ...
... manner , still conning over the letter which told him , in effect , that he would re- tire to bed that night four or five thousand pounds poorer than he rose from it - ignorant that within the last few moments , in his very presence ...
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... manner . His daughter saw her advantage in an instant ; and with the ready tact of her sex resolved at once to find out all that was in her father's heart concerning her . She smiled as cheerfully as she could , and affected to enter ...
... manner . His daughter saw her advantage in an instant ; and with the ready tact of her sex resolved at once to find out all that was in her father's heart concerning her . She smiled as cheerfully as she could , and affected to enter ...
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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.