The Crock of Gold: A Rural NovelRichard Bentley, 1844 - 342 էջ |
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... shawl , a slimy mess like birdlime : no wonder my eye was a leetle blackish , when half - a- dozen earthen crocks were broke against it . I was angered enough , I tell you , to think any man could be such a fool as to bring honey there ...
... shawl , a slimy mess like birdlime : no wonder my eye was a leetle blackish , when half - a- dozen earthen crocks were broke against it . I was angered enough , I tell you , to think any man could be such a fool as to bring honey there ...
Էջ 85
... shawl , Ben ? " Perhaps Mrs. Acton thought of look- ing for it . 66 Oh , as for that , I was minded to have sunk it , with its mess of sweetmeats and potsherds ; but a thought took me , dame , to be ' conomical for once ; and I was half ...
... shawl , Ben ? " Perhaps Mrs. Acton thought of look- ing for it . 66 Oh , as for that , I was minded to have sunk it , with its mess of sweetmeats and potsherds ; but a thought took me , dame , to be ' conomical for once ; and I was half ...
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... shawl , if it's like to be a tell - tale , in my mind , this hearth's the safest place for it . " So he flung it on the fire ; there was a shrivelling , smouldering , guilty sort of blaze , and the shawl was burnt . Roger Acton , you ...
... shawl , if it's like to be a tell - tale , in my mind , this hearth's the safest place for it . " So he flung it on the fire ; there was a shrivelling , smouldering , guilty sort of blaze , and the shawl was burnt . Roger Acton , you ...
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... - bank " -a crock of gold ? It was a thrilling thought , -his very dream , too ; and the lot of shillings , and the shawl , ay , and the inquest , and the rumours how that Mrs. : Quarles had come to her end unfairly , and no SLEEP . 91.
... - bank " -a crock of gold ? It was a thrilling thought , -his very dream , too ; and the lot of shillings , and the shawl , ay , and the inquest , and the rumours how that Mrs. : Quarles had come to her end unfairly , and no SLEEP . 91.
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... shawl , and Ben's mysterious adventure . No cloudy love of mammon had overspread her mind , to hide from it the hideousness of mur- der ; in her eyes , blood was terrible , and not the less so that it covered gold . She remem- bered at ...
... shawl , and Ben's mysterious adventure . No cloudy love of mammon had overspread her mind , to hide from it the hideousness of mur- der ; in her eyes , blood was terrible , and not the less so that it covered gold . She remem- bered at ...
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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 ?