New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection ... from the Most Eminent Prose and Epistolary Writers ...C.& C. Whittingham, 1827 |
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... pedler's box , which , at once , denoted his profession , and en- closed the chief of his worldly substance . Though not immoderate in its dimensions , it , on this occa- sion , carried double ; for , squatted upon it , close by the ...
... pedler's box , which , at once , denoted his profession , and en- closed the chief of his worldly substance . Though not immoderate in its dimensions , it , on this occa- sion , carried double ; for , squatted upon it , close by the ...
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... pedler ; he , nerve- less , to shake away his fear , still clung to Cicely Simkins ; and peeping now over his right , now over his left shoulder , quivered inwardly at his own shadow , as it rose and fell with the waving of the flame ...
... pedler ; he , nerve- less , to shake away his fear , still clung to Cicely Simkins ; and peeping now over his right , now over his left shoulder , quivered inwardly at his own shadow , as it rose and fell with the waving of the flame ...
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... pedler's Dulcinea , which the landlord had recently deserted , and called for a pint of usque- baugh . Now , there was nothing strange in all this : - you or I , or any other traveller , on a cold night , and after a ride , it may be of ...
... pedler's Dulcinea , which the landlord had recently deserted , and called for a pint of usque- baugh . Now , there was nothing strange in all this : - you or I , or any other traveller , on a cold night , and after a ride , it may be of ...
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... pedler , who was almost struck dumb at this unexpected address ; but he recovered himself , and made answer- " An ' please you , sir ! I know nothing at all about it — a thing wholly out of my line of busi- ness : but I think , may it ...
... pedler , who was almost struck dumb at this unexpected address ; but he recovered himself , and made answer- " An ' please you , sir ! I know nothing at all about it — a thing wholly out of my line of busi- ness : but I think , may it ...
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... pedler , " answered the other , drily ; " both of them hard to deal with , as I am in- formed . " There was something irresistibly comical in the stranger's manner , though not in his words . He looked around the apartment , and no one ...
... pedler , " answered the other , drily ; " both of them hard to deal with , as I am in- formed . " There was something irresistibly comical in the stranger's manner , though not in his words . He looked around the apartment , and no one ...
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332 페이지 - The bustle around seemed to waken the mother from a wretched reverie. She raised her glazed eyes, and looked about with a faint wildness. As the men approached with cords to lower the coffin into the grave, she wrung her hands, and broke into an agony of grief. The poor woman who attended her, took her by the arm, endeavoured to raise her from the earth, and to whisper something like consolation — " Nay, now — nay, now — don't take it so sorely to heart.
336 페이지 - He was too weak, however, to talk — he could only look his thanks. His mother was his constant attendant ; and he seemed unwilling to be helped by any other hand.
332 페이지 - I could see no more — my heart swelled into my throat — my eyes filled with tears — I felt as if I were acting a barbarous part in standing by and gazing idly on this scene of maternal anguish.
330 페이지 - When I saw her feebly rising and bending her aged form in prayer; habitually conning her prayer-book, which her palsied hand and failing eyes would not permit her to read, but which she evidently knew by heart ; I felt...
332 페이지 - There was that bustling stir which breaks so harshly on the feelings of grief and affection : directions given in the cold tones of business ; the striking of spades into sand and gravel ; which, at the grave of those we love, is, of all sounds, the most withering. The bustle around seemed to awaken the mother from a wretched reverie.
333 페이지 - ... of joy — the sorrows of a widow, aged, solitary, destitute, mourning over an only son, the last solace of her years ; these are indeed sorrows which make us feel the impotency of consolation.
335 페이지 - He saw her, and hastened toward her, but his steps were faint and faltering ; he sunk on his knees before her, and sobbed like a child. The poor woman gazed upon him with a vacant and wandering eye — " Oh my dear, dear mother ! don't you know your son? your poor boy George?
317 페이지 - The creak of the screw-nails presently announced that the lid of the last mansion of mortality was in the act of being secured above its tenant.
337 페이지 - My first impulse on hearing this humble tale of affliction, was to visit the cottage of the mourner, and administer pecuniary assistance, and, if possible, comfort. I found, however, on inquiry, that the good feelings of the villagers had prompted them to do...
313 페이지 - ... by the black colour of the gown in which they had dressed her, and embarrassed by the number of persons by whom she was surrounded; then, finally, she would raise her head with a ghastly look and fix her eyes upon the bed which contained the coffin of her grandson, as if she had at once, and for the first time, acquired sense to comprehend her inexpressible calamity.