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... took up his lantern , opened the door , and walked out . CHAPTER II . THE OLD MINT . MRS . SHEPPARD's habitation terminated a row of old ruinous build . ings , called Wheeler's Rents ; a dirty thoroughfare , part street and part lane ...
... took up his lantern , opened the door , and walked out . CHAPTER II . THE OLD MINT . MRS . SHEPPARD's habitation terminated a row of old ruinous build . ings , called Wheeler's Rents ; a dirty thoroughfare , part street and part lane ...
Page 11
... took up her abode there ; nor was she long in discovering that the dreaded sounds proceeded from the nocturnal gam- bols of a legion of rats . A narrow entry , formed by two low walls , communicated with the main thoroughfare ; and in ...
... took up her abode there ; nor was she long in discovering that the dreaded sounds proceeded from the nocturnal gam- bols of a legion of rats . A narrow entry , formed by two low walls , communicated with the main thoroughfare ; and in ...
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... took up the note of alarm . The whole neighbour- hood was disturbed . A garrison called to arms at dead of night on the sudden approach of the enemy , could not have been more expeditiously , or effectually aroused . Rattles were sprung ...
... took up the note of alarm . The whole neighbour- hood was disturbed . A garrison called to arms at dead of night on the sudden approach of the enemy , could not have been more expeditiously , or effectually aroused . Rattles were sprung ...
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... took , in the darkness , to be Mrs. Sheppard . The person caught hold of his arm , and in spite of his efforts to disengage himself , detained him . " Where is he ? " asked she , in an agitated whisper . " I heard his voice ; but I saw ...
... took , in the darkness , to be Mrs. Sheppard . The person caught hold of his arm , and in spite of his efforts to disengage himself , detained him . " Where is he ? " asked she , in an agitated whisper . " I heard his voice ; but I saw ...
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... took leave of my fair conductress , and as the boat bore me swiftly from the lessening castle , I fell into some reflections . Since Bonnivard's death , three hundred years have passed away . Great have been the revolutions in the ...
... took leave of my fair conductress , and as the boat bore me swiftly from the lessening castle , I fell into some reflections . Since Bonnivard's death , three hundred years have passed away . Great have been the revolutions in the ...
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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.
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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.