The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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... scarce knowing what to say . " Are her cir- cumstances easy ? Could she go to a warmer climate in the spring or early part of the summer ? I really think that change of scene would do her greater good ' than anything I could prescribe ...
... scarce knowing what to say . " Are her cir- cumstances easy ? Could she go to a warmer climate in the spring or early part of the summer ? I really think that change of scene would do her greater good ' than anything I could prescribe ...
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... in black , his coat being buttoned evi- dently for warmth's sake ; for though it was March , and the weather very bleak and bitter , there was scarce His any appearance of fire in about the smallest grate I THE MERCHANT'S Clerk . 21.
... in black , his coat being buttoned evi- dently for warmth's sake ; for though it was March , and the weather very bleak and bitter , there was scarce His any appearance of fire in about the smallest grate I THE MERCHANT'S Clerk . 21.
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... scarce a twelvemonth , and her unfortunate son was then left alone in the world , and almost entirely destitute . The trifling sum of ready money which remained in his possession after burying his mother was exhausted , and the scanty ...
... scarce a twelvemonth , and her unfortunate son was then left alone in the world , and almost entirely destitute . The trifling sum of ready money which remained in his possession after burying his mother was exhausted , and the scanty ...
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... Scarce knowing whether he stood on his head or his heels , Elliott hurriedly bowed , and withdrew . Borne along on the current of his tumultuous emotions , he seemed to fly down the swarming City Road ; and when he reached the dull ...
... Scarce knowing whether he stood on his head or his heels , Elliott hurriedly bowed , and withdrew . Borne along on the current of his tumultuous emotions , he seemed to fly down the swarming City Road ; and when he reached the dull ...
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... scarce restored to her senses , was supported , or rather carried , by her maid to her own apartment , and Mr. Hillary was left to himself for the remainder of the evening , flustered and confounded beyond all expression . The result of ...
... scarce restored to her senses , was supported , or rather carried , by her maid to her own apartment , and Mr. Hillary was left to himself for the remainder of the evening , flustered and confounded beyond all expression . The result of ...
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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.