The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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... persons - on such a day as this - at their own houses . There's that poor man , for in- stance , the bricklayer - he cannot leave his work ex- cept at breakfast time - I wonder how his poor child comes on ! Poor fellow , how anxious he ...
... persons - on such a day as this - at their own houses . There's that poor man , for in- stance , the bricklayer - he cannot leave his work ex- cept at breakfast time - I wonder how his poor child comes on ! Poor fellow , how anxious he ...
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... person . He was dressed 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 then to hear Mrs. Elliott cry a good deal about THE MERCHANT'S ...
... person . He was dressed 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 then to hear Mrs. Elliott cry a good deal about THE MERCHANT'S ...
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... person . He was dressed 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 ever saw . any appearance of fire in about the THE MERCHANT'S ...
... person . He was dressed 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 ever saw . any appearance of fire in about the THE MERCHANT'S ...
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... person . Mr. Hillary , the head of the firm , a man of very great wealth , had risen from being a mere errand boy , to his present eminence in the mercantile world , through a rare combination of good fortune and personal merit merit ...
... person . Mr. Hillary , the head of the firm , a man of very great wealth , had risen from being a mere errand boy , to his present eminence in the mercantile world , through a rare combination of good fortune and personal merit merit ...
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... person to marry you to ; and , egad ! to - day I've got him ; my future son - in- law , d'ye hear , and one that will clap a coronet on my pretty Molly's head ; and on the day he does so , I do two things ; I give you a plum , and ...
... person to marry you to ; and , egad ! to - day I've got him ; my future son - in- law , d'ye hear , and one that will clap a coronet on my pretty Molly's head ; and on the day he does so , I do two things ; I give you a plum , and ...
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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.