The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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... horses ' hoofs also trampled upon her , but no ribs were broken . " Ah , this is the most serious part of the story , ma'am this looks like real illness ! Pray , proceed , ma'am . I suppose your friend after this complained of much pain ...
... horses ' hoofs also trampled upon her , but no ribs were broken . " Ah , this is the most serious part of the story , ma'am this looks like real illness ! Pray , proceed , ma'am . I suppose your friend after this complained of much pain ...
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... horse . “ Now , sir -like a thief as you are ! -go on courting - my daugh- ter - marry her ! ruin her ! go , and believe that all I'm saying is — a lie ! -go , and hope that , by - and - by , I'll forgive you - and all that try it , sir ...
... horse . “ Now , sir -like a thief as you are ! -go on courting - my daugh- ter - marry her ! ruin her ! go , and believe that all I'm saying is — a lie ! -go , and hope that , by - and - by , I'll forgive you - and all that try it , sir ...
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... horses to his carriage , and drove off at top speed to the chambers of his city solicitor , Mr. Newington , to instruct him to procure Elliott's instant discharge . That , of course , was utterly impossible ; and 64 THE MERCHANT'S CLERK .
... horses to his carriage , and drove off at top speed to the chambers of his city solicitor , Mr. Newington , to instruct him to procure Elliott's instant discharge . That , of course , was utterly impossible ; and 64 THE MERCHANT'S CLERK .
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... horses had kicked the prostrate pas- senger upon his right side . The two humane gentle- man who had occompanied him home , did all in their power to assuage the terrors of Mrs. Elliott . One of them ran for the medical man who ...
... horses had kicked the prostrate pas- senger upon his right side . The two humane gentle- man who had occompanied him home , did all in their power to assuage the terrors of Mrs. Elliott . One of them ran for the medical man who ...
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... horses attached to the well - laden vehicle were refreshing themselves with` hay and water , qui- etly submitting , the while , to the sibilatory civilities of the hostler . The wagoner watched them with com- placency , as he drained ...
... horses attached to the well - laden vehicle were refreshing themselves with` hay and water , qui- etly submitting , the while , to the sibilatory civilities of the hostler . The wagoner watched them with com- placency , as he drained ...
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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.