The Merchant's Clerk: And Other TalesHarper & Brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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... 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 Magdalen - The Baronet's Bride . 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 Magdalen - The Baronet's Bride . THE ...
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... wife bed ridden ! Really , I'd make a point of calling , if I knew where he lived ! He can't afford a coach - that's out of the question . Well - it can't be helped , however ! " With this exclamation , half ut- tered , I looked at my ...
... wife bed ridden ! Really , I'd make a point of calling , if I knew where he lived ! He can't afford a coach - that's out of the question . Well - it can't be helped , however ! " With this exclamation , half ut- tered , I looked at my ...
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... I would have to encounter . Ringing the bell , I summoned a female servant , who , with my wife , ( she had heard the violent cries of my patient , ) instantly made her appearance , and paid 14 THE MERCHANT'S CLERK .
... I would have to encounter . Ringing the bell , I summoned a female servant , who , with my wife , ( she had heard the violent cries of my patient , ) instantly made her appearance , and paid 14 THE MERCHANT'S CLERK .
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... wife and her maid pres- ently restored my patient , at least to consciousness , and her first look was one of gratitude for their assist- ance . She then attempted , but in vain , to speak , and her tears flowed fast . 66 Indeed ...
... wife and her maid pres- ently restored my patient , at least to consciousness , and her first look was one of gratitude for their assist- ance . She then attempted , but in vain , to speak , and her tears flowed fast . 66 Indeed ...
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... wife didn't look the strongest woman in the world . " And pray what bu- siness or calling is he ? " The old man put his spec- tacles back upon his head , and after musing a moment , replied , " Why , now , I can't take upon me to say ...
... wife didn't look the strongest woman in the world . " And pray what bu- siness or calling is he ? " The old man put his spec- tacles back upon his head , and after musing a moment , replied , " Why , now , I can't take upon me to say ...
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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.