The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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... voice and the large de- mand for the two volumes already published , have long since borne ample testimony to the abilities of the au- thor , and the merit of his productions . New - York , Sept. 1836 . H. & B. CONTENTS . The Merchant's ...
... voice and the large de- mand for the two volumes already published , have long since borne ample testimony to the abilities of the au- thor , and the merit of his productions . New - York , Sept. 1836 . H. & B. CONTENTS . The Merchant's ...
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... voice failed her , and her eyes , wandering to the window , filled with tears . " Forgive me , sir ! I am so anxious about my friend , " she sobbed- " she is a dear , kind , good— ” Her agitation increased . " Calm , pray calm yourself ...
... voice failed her , and her eyes , wandering to the window , filled with tears . " Forgive me , sir ! I am so anxious about my friend , " she sobbed- " she is a dear , kind , good— ” Her agitation increased . " Calm , pray calm yourself ...
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... voice ; " for , between you and I , old Browning the pawnbroker , a little way up on the left - hand side , has a flute in his window that's the very image of what Mrs. Hooper showed us that night I was speaking of . You understand me ...
... voice ; " for , between you and I , old Browning the pawnbroker , a little way up on the left - hand side , has a flute in his window that's the very image of what Mrs. Hooper showed us that night I was speaking of . You understand me ...
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... voice , and giving a hur- ried glance towards a door , opening , I suppose , into his sitting room- - " there's nothing partic'lar in that , after all . My mistress and I , even , have done such things before now , at a push , when we ...
... voice , and giving a hur- ried glance towards a door , opening , I suppose , into his sitting room- - " there's nothing partic'lar in that , after all . My mistress and I , even , have done such things before now , at a push , when we ...
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... voice had recalled her from a strange revery . " My desk , Mary - my desk - dy'e hear ? " repeated her father , in a peremptory manner , still conning over the letter which told him , in effect , that he would re- tire to bed that night ...
... voice had recalled her from a strange revery . " My desk , Mary - my desk - dy'e hear ? " repeated her father , in a peremptory manner , still conning over the letter which told him , in effect , that he would re- tire to bed that night ...
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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.