The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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... - way , Mrs. Elliott was in here not an hour ago , for a moment , asking for some sago , because she said Mr. Elliott had taken a fancy to have some sago milk for 66 his supper to - night . It was very unlucky 18 THE MERCHANT'S CLERK .
... - way , Mrs. Elliott was in here not an hour ago , for a moment , asking for some sago , because she said Mr. Elliott had taken a fancy to have some sago milk for 66 his supper to - night . It was very unlucky 18 THE MERCHANT'S CLERK .
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... taken it into my head , Ben- net , to teach the flute , and I'm a going to try to get some one to learn it to . ' So he put the advertisement in - but he didn't get more than one letter , and that brought him a young lad - but he didn't ...
... taken it into my head , Ben- net , to teach the flute , and I'm a going to try to get some one to learn it to . ' So he put the advertisement in - but he didn't get more than one letter , and that brought him a young lad - but he didn't ...
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... taken in interpreting Miss Hillary's look ? Was it not corroborated by her subsequent conduct ? And , by- the - way , now that he came to glance backward into the two or three months during which he had been almost daily in her presence ...
... taken in interpreting Miss Hillary's look ? Was it not corroborated by her subsequent conduct ? And , by- the - way , now that he came to glance backward into the two or three months during which he had been almost daily in her presence ...
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... taken the girl aback so ? Come , come ! " slapping her smartly on her back , a joke's a joke , and I've had mine , but it's been carried too far , I'm afraid . ” 66 " Dear - dearest papa , " gasped his daughter , sud- denly raising her ...
... taken the girl aback so ? Come , come ! " slapping her smartly on her back , a joke's a joke , and I've had mine , but it's been carried too far , I'm afraid . ” 66 " Dear - dearest papa , " gasped his daughter , sud- denly raising her ...
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... taken a little too much , eh ? What harm was there in me telling you that you were going soon to be married ? What's a girl born and bred up for but to be married ? Eh , Mary ? " continued her father , -determined , this time , to go to ...
... taken a little too much , eh ? What harm was there in me telling you that you were going soon to be married ? What's a girl born and bred up for but to be married ? Eh , Mary ? " continued her father , -determined , this time , to go to ...
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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.