The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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... sudden impetuosity . No , no ; they would see both of us perish before they would lift a finger to save us , " she added with increasing vehemence of tone and manner . " So now it's all out - my poor , poor hus- band ! " She fell into ...
... sudden impetuosity . No , no ; they would see both of us perish before they would lift a finger to save us , " she added with increasing vehemence of tone and manner . " So now it's all out - my poor , poor hus- band ! " She fell into ...
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... suddenly but heavily at his child , and then at my approaching figure . " Pray walk in , " said he , with a kind of mechanical civility , but evidently not completely roused from sleep . “ I — I — am very sorry - the accounts are not ...
... suddenly but heavily at his child , and then at my approaching figure . " Pray walk in , " said he , with a kind of mechanical civility , but evidently not completely roused from sleep . “ I — I — am very sorry - the accounts are not ...
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... suddenly quit the university , and seek a livelihood by his own exer- tions in London . The event which occasioned this sudden blight to his prospects , was the suicide of his father , Major Elliott ; whose addiction to gambling ...
... suddenly quit the university , and seek a livelihood by his own exer- tions in London . The event which occasioned this sudden blight to his prospects , was the suicide of his father , Major Elliott ; whose addiction to gambling ...
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... suddenly like a spark of 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 ...
... suddenly like a spark of 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 ...
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... sudden arrival of three ships with large cargoes of an article of which he had been attempting a monopoly , and in ... suddenly , for her father's voice had recalled her from a strange revery . 2 " My desk , Mary - my desk - dy'e hear ...
... sudden arrival of three ships with large cargoes of an article of which he had been attempting a monopoly , and in ... suddenly , for her father's voice had recalled her from a strange revery . 2 " My desk , Mary - my desk - dy'e hear ...
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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.