The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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... tell you in a few words my errand . I shall not detain you long , sir , " she continued , in a tone considerably more assured . " The fact is , I have received a letter this morning from a friend of mine in the country , a young lady ...
... tell you in a few words my errand . I shall not detain you long , sir , " she continued , in a tone considerably more assured . " The fact is , I have received a letter this morning from a friend of mine in the country , a young lady ...
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... tell me , ma'am , what sort of a cough it is ? " I inquired , shifting my chair , so that I might obtain a more distinct view of her features . She perceived what I was about , I think ; for she seemed to change colour a little , and to ...
... tell me , ma'am , what sort of a cough it is ? " I inquired , shifting my chair , so that I might obtain a more distinct view of her features . She perceived what I was about , I think ; for she seemed to change colour a little , and to ...
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... tell her own story - to ask a thousand little questions . I suppose , by - the - way , that she is under the care of a regular professional man ? " 66 Yes , I believe so - no , I am not sure ; she has been , I believe . " I felt ...
... tell her own story - to ask a thousand little questions . I suppose , by - the - way , that she is under the care of a regular professional man ? " 66 Yes , I believe so - no , I am not sure ; she has been , I believe . " I felt ...
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... telling her that I had many a time since my marriage seen my wife similarly engaged . She looked at me with sur ... tell me their little history ; and before giving the reader an ac- count of what fell under my own personal observa ...
... telling her that I had many a time since my marriage seen my wife similarly engaged . She looked at me with sur ... tell me their little history ; and before giving the reader an ac- count of what fell under my own personal observa ...
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... 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 work with greater skill and tact than on the preceding ...
... 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 work with greater skill and tact than on the preceding ...
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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.