The Crock of Gold: A Rural NovelRichard Bentley, 1844 - 342 էջ |
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... Quarles , had been found dead in her bed , un- der circumstances , to say the very least , of a black and suspicious appearance . The county coroner had got a jury of the neighbours im- panelled together ; who , after sitting patiently ...
... Quarles , had been found dead in her bed , un- der circumstances , to say the very least , of a black and suspicious appearance . The county coroner had got a jury of the neighbours im- panelled together ; who , after sitting patiently ...
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... Quarles so to have strangled herself , but more particularly , that if she had done so , she cer- tainly could not have laid herself out so de- cently afterwards ; therefore , that as some one else had kindly done the latter office for ...
... Quarles so to have strangled herself , but more particularly , that if she had done so , she cer- tainly could not have laid herself out so de- cently afterwards ; therefore , that as some one else had kindly done the latter office for ...
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... Quarles's goods and per- sonal chattels were found to be safe and right in her room , some silver spoons among them too , aye , and a small silver tea - pot ; while , as to other property in the house , with every room full of valuables ...
... Quarles's goods and per- sonal chattels were found to be safe and right in her room , some silver spoons among them too , aye , and a small silver tea - pot ; while , as to other property in the house , with every room full of valuables ...
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... Quarles was thought to have a hoard , always set her face against banks , railway shares , speculations , and investments , and seemed to have left no- thing behind her but her clothes and so forth , it was still possible that the ...
... Quarles was thought to have a hoard , always set her face against banks , railway shares , speculations , and investments , and seemed to have left no- thing behind her but her clothes and so forth , it was still possible that the ...
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... Quarles's room : she had had the dog placed there for her special safety , as she slept on the ground - floor ; and it was not to be thought that Mr. Jennings could do so incorrect a thing as to pass through her room after bed - time ...
... Quarles's room : she had had the dog placed there for her special safety , as she slept on the ground - floor ; and it was not to be thought that Mr. Jennings could do so incorrect a thing as to pass through her room after bed - time ...
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Common terms and phrases
apoplexy aunt Bacchus's bailiff baronet Ben Burke Ben's blessing Bridget Burke CHAPTER cottage covetous crime crock of gold dare daughter dear devil door dread dream eyes fancied father fear fellow flung fool girl give gone Grace Acton guilty Hall hand happy Happy prison head hear heard heart heaven hoard honest Roger honey honey-pot honour hope Hurstley innocent John Devereux Jonathan Floyd kind kind gentlemen kindly knew labour landlord look Lord Mammon Mary Acton master mind morning murder Narbonne neighbours never night once Philip Sharp Pike Island poacher poor pretty prison Quarles Quarles's quiet rich Richard Hunt Roger Acton round Sarah Stack seemed shawl shilling silence Simon Jennings Sir John soul stood strange tell thank thee thing thou thought toil tongue trouble truth turn wealth wicked wish word wretch
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Էջ 65 - Israel, trust in the LORD, for with the LORD there is mercy : and with Him is plenteous redemption. 8. And He shall redeem Israel : from all his sins.
Էջ 129 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Էջ 229 - Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Էջ 324 - But in this genial interval, nature is in all her freshness and fragrance ; " the rains are over and gone, the flowers appear upon the earth, the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in the land.
Էջ 119 - Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Էջ 64 - Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord : Lord, hear my voice. O let thine ears consider well the voice of my complaint. If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss, O Lord, who may abide it ? For there is mercy with thee ; therefore shalt thou be feared. O Israel, trust in the Lord : for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem Israel from all his sins.
Էջ 323 - The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. 25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Էջ 323 - A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Էջ 323 - He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. 18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Էջ 290 - Pardon me," upstarted Mr. Sharp, " this poor gentleman is a monomaniac ; pray, my lurd, let him be removed while the trial is proceeding." "You horsehair hypocrite you !" roared Ben, "would you hang the innocent and save the guilty ?