A screw loose, by William P. Lancaster, Volume 2;Volume 184 |
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... young fool about town , would run up a long bill at such a place as this . I've a mind to risk it , and offer to pay . I'll go up to a pound , and if it's more I'll say I've mislaid my purse . It's so odd of a serious cove like Plumpton ...
... young fool about town , would run up a long bill at such a place as this . I've a mind to risk it , and offer to pay . I'll go up to a pound , and if it's more I'll say I've mislaid my purse . It's so odd of a serious cove like Plumpton ...
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... young lady in ringlets stepped forward to attend on him , he thought he might venture something . " No such name on our books , " replied the young person , plastering down her hair , and tugging at a cheap locket on a ribbon , after a ...
... young lady in ringlets stepped forward to attend on him , he thought he might venture something . " No such name on our books , " replied the young person , plastering down her hair , and tugging at a cheap locket on a ribbon , after a ...
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... young lady . " But I saw it , " replied Webb , ignor- ing the fiction of a clerk for greater em- phasis . " O ! I know what you mean now , " said she , with a simper , " we sent round circulars for Miss Jasper's benefit , on the 17th ...
... young lady . " But I saw it , " replied Webb , ignor- ing the fiction of a clerk for greater em- phasis . " O ! I know what you mean now , " said she , with a simper , " we sent round circulars for Miss Jasper's benefit , on the 17th ...
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... young person proceeded to ferret out of a drawer , from among rose - coloured paper and bits of string , a manuscript in a very pointed feminine hand . " All correct among the P's ; look here , Julius Pangle , dramatist ; Scarsley ...
... young person proceeded to ferret out of a drawer , from among rose - coloured paper and bits of string , a manuscript in a very pointed feminine hand . " All correct among the P's ; look here , Julius Pangle , dramatist ; Scarsley ...
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... young man though harmless and steady , and the others would always roast him about his great Slopeshire relatives , and ask him whether the post - boys and four with blue favours had come to fetch him yet , and all such nonsense . Now I ...
... young man though harmless and steady , and the others would always roast him about his great Slopeshire relatives , and ask him whether the post - boys and four with blue favours had come to fetch him yet , and all such nonsense . Now I ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
a-doing Addingham afore agen ain't Amelia answered asked Aston Hall believe better Blick Bremicham Carry Butler ceval Crab Moss cried daughter Daventry dear dooce Dunstew Dunt Dunt's eyes fancy father feel Flavia Flim gentleman girl give guv'ner hear heard horse inquired James Butler James's Jessie King Butler Lady Teabury landlady laugh Leece Court London look Lord Dobbleton Lotus marry Mary Mary Weston matter mind minutes Miss Ame Miss Amesham Miss Aston Miss Barbara Miss Jasper morning never night once Perceval Perceval's poor proceeded pursued racter rejoined replied returned Miss Scarsley Plumpton sham Shanter sister Slopeshire Squire Squire's STAMFORD STREET Street suppose sure talk Tapscott tell there's thing thought tinued tion told took town turn Waverton Webb Weston Whinbury wife WILLIAM CLOWES wish young lady
Passagens conhecidas
Página 135 - tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy; for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Página 35 - They that have power to hurt and will do none, That do not do the thing they most do show, Who, moving others, are themselves as stone, Unmoved, cold, and to temptation slow, They rightly do inherit heaven's graces And husband nature's riches from expense; They are the lords and owners of their faces, Others but stewards of their excellence.
Página 165 - Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own. Well then, it now appears you need my help : Go to, then ; you come to me, and you say ' Shylock, we would have moneys...
Página 112 - And so I was, which plainly signified That I should snarl, and bite, and play the dog. Then, since the heavens have shap'd my body so, Let hell make crook'd my mind to answer it. I have no brother, I am like no brother; And this word 'love,' which greybeards call divine, Be resident in men like one another, And not in me!
Página 69 - I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night, When the winds are breathing low, And the stars are shining bright; I arise from dreams of thee, And a spirit in my feet Has led me — who knows how? — To thy chamber window, sweet...
Página 19 - I'm declining, May my fate no less fortunate be Than a snug elbow-chair will afford for reclining, And a cot that o'erlooks the wide sea ; With an ambling pad-pony to pace o'er the lawn, While I carol away idle sorrow, And blithe as the lark that each day hails the dawn Look forward with hope for Tomorrow. With a porch at my door, both for shelter and...
Página 69 - Margaret! Margaret (listening). That was my true-love's voice. (She springs up. The chains fall off). Where is he ? I heard him call. I am free ! Nobody shall hinder me. I will fly to his neck ! lie on his bosom ! He called Margaret ! He stood upon the threshold. In the midst, through the howling and clattering of hell, through the grim, devilish scoffing, I knew the sweet, the loving tone again.
Página 234 - Go, help the half-brain'd dwarf, Society, To find low motives unto noble deeds, To fix all doubt upon the darker side ; Go, fitter thou for narrowest neighbourhoods, Old talker, haunt where gossip breeds and seethes And festers in provincial sloth...
Página 103 - Plumpton collapsed utterly ; he sank into an arm-chair and covered his face with his hands. Mr. John Calf entered. " Bring some — coals," said Plumpton, with an effort, in a feeble voice.
Página 120 - it would be mere affectation in me to pretend to be ignorant of what you are going to say. And the only answer I can give is that I must return to the school, and I beg you will not accompany me.