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... thought the carpenter ; " those tears will do her some good , at all events .-- Not part with him ! " added he , aloud . Why , you wouldn't stand in the way of his good fortune surely ? I'll be a second father to him , I tell you . Re ...
... thought the carpenter ; " those tears will do her some good , at all events .-- Not part with him ! " added he , aloud . Why , you wouldn't stand in the way of his good fortune surely ? I'll be a second father to him , I tell you . Re ...
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... thought of finding it in this unexpected way ? " " Don't be too sure till you see it , " said the widow . " Shall I fetch it for you , sir ? " 66 By all means . " " I must trouble you to hold the child , then , for a minute , while I ...
... thought of finding it in this unexpected way ? " " Don't be too sure till you see it , " said the widow . " Shall I fetch it for you , sir ? " 66 By all means . " " I must trouble you to hold the child , then , for a minute , while I ...
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... thought proper to walk so far down the entry as would enable him to reconnoitre the upper windows of the house . A light was visible in the garret , feebly struggling through the damp atmosphere , for the night was raw and overcast ...
... thought proper to walk so far down the entry as would enable him to reconnoitre the upper windows of the house . A light was visible in the garret , feebly struggling through the damp atmosphere , for the night was raw and overcast ...
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... thought it politic to keep back ; and , with this view , he said not a word of there being any proba- bility of capturing the fugitive , but , on the contrary , roundly asserted that his informant had witnessed that person's escape ...
... thought it politic to keep back ; and , with this view , he said not a word of there being any proba- bility of capturing the fugitive , but , on the contrary , roundly asserted that his informant had witnessed that person's escape ...
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... thought he ' d been at my elbow all this time . But it don't much matter - though he's a devilish shrewd fellow , and might have helped me out of a difficulty , had any occurred . Harkye , Blueskin , " continued he , addressing that ...
... thought he ' d been at my elbow all this time . But it don't much matter - though he's a devilish shrewd fellow , and might have helped me out of a difficulty , had any occurred . Harkye , Blueskin , " continued he , addressing that ...
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Page 43 - If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
Page 416 - It was a peal of joy from the populace outside, greeting the news that he would die on Monday. The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him.
Page 80 - A pleasing land of drowsy-head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky...
Page 46 - The Moor is of a free and open nature, That thinks men honest, that but seem to be so ; And will as tenderly be led by the nose, As asses are.
Page 98 - I travelled, I took a particular delight in hearing the songs and fables that are come from father to son, and are most in vogue among the common people of the countries through which I passed...
Page 42 - Demand me nothing ; what you know, you know : From this time forth I never will speak word.
Page 147 - God, yet they defer from day to day, from week to week, from month to month, from year to year, the practice of these duties.
Page 599 - Farewell, great painter of mankind ! Who reach'd the noblest point of art, Whose pictured morals charm the mind, And through the eye correct the heart. If Genius fire thee, reader, stay, If nature touch thee, drop a tear, If neither move thee — turn away — For Hogarth's honour'd dust lies here.
Page 45 - Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty, But seeming so, for my peculiar end ; For when my outward action doth demonstrate The native act and figure of my heart In complement extern, 'tis not long after But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws to peck at I am not what I am.
Page 284 - If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, squeezing his hat emphatically in both hands, "the law is a ass — a idiot. If that's the eye of the law, the law's a bachelor ; and the worst I wish the law is, that his eye may be opened by experience — by experience.