The Merchant's Clerk: & Other TalesHarper & brothers, 1836 - 366 páginas |
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Página 17
... close by , I might be sheltered a while from the rain , and also possibly gain some information as to the character and circumstances of my morning visiter . I pitched upon a small shop that was " li- censed " to sell everything , but ...
... close by , I might be sheltered a while from the rain , and also possibly gain some information as to the character and circumstances of my morning visiter . I pitched upon a small shop that was " li- censed " to sell everything , but ...
Página 26
... close ne'er But with the closing tomb . " * I felt sure that there was some secret and grievous source of misery in the background , and often thought of the expression she had frantically uttered when at my house . Had either of thein ...
... close ne'er But with the closing tomb . " * I felt sure that there was some secret and grievous source of misery in the background , and often thought of the expression she had frantically uttered when at my house . Had either of thein ...
Página 64
... close to the fire . " Father ! " she almost shrieked , springing to within a yard or two of where he was sitting- " Henry Elliott robbed you ! Henry Elliott in prison ! A common thief ! ” pointing to the newspaper , with frantic ...
... close to the fire . " Father ! " she almost shrieked , springing to within a yard or two of where he was sitting- " Henry Elliott robbed you ! Henry Elliott in prison ! A common thief ! ” pointing to the newspaper , with frantic ...
Página 68
... close of this long trial , Hillary , after introducing his noble friend to one of the aldermen , happened to cast his eyes to the bar which had been just quitted by the death - doomed convict he had heard tried , when they fell upon the ...
... close of this long trial , Hillary , after introducing his noble friend to one of the aldermen , happened to cast his eyes to the bar which had been just quitted by the death - doomed convict he had heard tried , when they fell upon the ...
Página 79
... close at hand ; and he pronounced the case to be , though a serious one , and requiring great care , not at- tended with dangerous symptoms , at least , at present . His patient never quitted his bed for three months ; at the end of ...
... close at hand ; and he pronounced the case to be , though a serious one , and requiring great care , not at- tended with dangerous symptoms , at least , at present . His patient never quitted his bed for three months ; at the end of ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
agitation arms baronet Bill Fowler black puddings Bloomsbury Square bracelet Bullion House Carl Carl's carriage chair coach companion continued counting house 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 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
Passagens conhecidas
Página 349 - Where the great Sun begins his state 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 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 - While the Cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his Dames before: Oft listening how the Hounds and horn Cheerly rouse the slumbering morn, From the side of some hoar hill, Through the high wood echoing shrill...
Página 349 - Through the high wood echoing shrill : Sometime walking, not unseen, By hedgerow elms, on hillocks green, Right against the eastern gate Where the great Sun begins his state, Robed in flames and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight...
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 288 - For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, And, though a late, a sure reward succeeds.