The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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... Death at the Toilet - The Turned Head - The Wife - The Spectre- smitten - The Martyr Philosopher -- The Statesman - A slight Cold -Rich and Poor - Grave Doings - The Ruined Merchant - Mother and Son - The Thunderstruck - The Boxer - The ...
... Death at the Toilet - The Turned Head - The Wife - The Spectre- smitten - The Martyr Philosopher -- The Statesman - A slight Cold -Rich and Poor - Grave Doings - The Ruined Merchant - Mother and Son - The Thunderstruck - The Boxer - The ...
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... death's door without attracting the notice , or exciting the inquiries of his callous em- ployer . As he rose to leave the room , Elliott bowed to Mr. Hillary ; but his last glance was directed towards Miss Hillary , who , however , at ...
... death's door without attracting the notice , or exciting the inquiries of his callous em- ployer . As he rose to leave the room , Elliott bowed to Mr. Hillary ; but his last glance was directed towards Miss Hillary , who , however , at ...
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... death - to admit of his throwing up the game , while the possibility of a chance remained . Half the poor girl's fortune was already transferred , in Lord Scamp's mind , to the pockets of half a dozen harpies at the turf and the table ...
... death - to admit of his throwing up the game , while the possibility of a chance remained . Half the poor girl's fortune was already transferred , in Lord Scamp's mind , to the pockets of half a dozen harpies at the turf and the table ...
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... death - doomed convict he had heard tried , when they fell upon the figure of Elliott , who seemed to have been placed there for some minutes , and was standing with a mournful expression of countenance , apparently lost in thought ...
... death - doomed convict he had heard tried , when they fell upon the figure of Elliott , who seemed to have been placed there for some minutes , and was standing with a mournful expression of countenance , apparently lost in thought ...
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... death , she rushed down stairs , her child in her arms , and was saved from fainting only by hearing her husband's voice , in a low tone , assuring her that he was " not much hurt " -- that he had had " a slight accident . " The fact ...
... death , she rushed down stairs , her child in her arms , and was saved from fainting only by hearing her husband's voice , in a low tone , assuring her that he was " not much hurt " -- that he had had " a slight accident . " The fact ...
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agitation arms baronet Bill Fowler 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 Mincing Lane mind Miss Hillary monk morning never Newfoundland dog night o'clock Old Bailey opened Oxleigh paused pistol poor Elliott PORCELLIAN CLUB 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 349 - Through the high wood echoing shrill: Sometime walking, not unseen, By Hedge-row Elms, on Hillocks green, Right against the Eastern gate Where the great Sun begins his state...
Página 115 - 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 9 - YET once more, O ye laurels, and once more, Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forced fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. Bitter constraint and sad occasion dear Compels me to disturb your season due; For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
Página 349 - 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 288 - For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And, though a late, a sure reward succeeds.