Master Humphrey's Clock: The old curiosity shopChapman and Hall, 1840 - 426 էջ |
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... miss thy way — what if I had lost thee Nell ! ” " I would have found my way back to you , grandfather , " said the child boldly ; " never fear . " The old man kissed her , and then turning to me and begging me to walk in , I did so ...
... miss thy way — what if I had lost thee Nell ! ” " I would have found my way back to you , grandfather , " said the child boldly ; " never fear . " The old man kissed her , and then turning to me and begging me to walk in , I did so ...
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... Miss Nell " returned the boy . " And thank this gentleman , " interposed the old man , " but for whose care I might have lost my little girl to - night . " 66 No , no , master , " said Kit , " that won't do , that won't . " " What do ...
... Miss Nell " returned the boy . " And thank this gentleman , " interposed the old man , " but for whose care I might have lost my little girl to - night . " 66 No , no , master , " said Kit , " that won't do , that won't . " " What do ...
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... . Jiniwin " —Mrs . Quilp had been a Miss Jiniwin it should be observed— nobody knows better than you Ma'am what us women owe to our- selves . " 66 " Owe indeed , Ma'am ! " replied Mrs. Jiniwin MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK . 91.
... . Jiniwin " —Mrs . Quilp had been a Miss Jiniwin it should be observed— nobody knows better than you Ma'am what us women owe to our- selves . " 66 " Owe indeed , Ma'am ! " replied Mrs. Jiniwin MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK . 91.
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... Miss Nelly was ugly , and that she and iny master was obliged to do whatever his master liked ? Why did he say that ? " " He said what he did because he's a fool , and you said what you did because you're very wise and clever - almost ...
... Miss Nelly was ugly , and that she and iny master was obliged to do whatever his master liked ? Why did he say that ? " " He said what he did because he's a fool , and you said what you did because you're very wise and clever - almost ...
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... Miss Sophy Wackles had indeed left the letter with her own hands ; that she had come accompanied , for decorum's sake no doubt , by a younger Miss Wackles ; and that on learning that Mr. Swiveller was at home and being requested to walk ...
... Miss Sophy Wackles had indeed left the letter with her own hands ; that she had come accompanied , for decorum's sake no doubt , by a younger Miss Wackles ; and that on learning that Mr. Swiveller was at home and being requested to walk ...
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Էջ 235 - Perhaps they'll think of me, and look this way.' He raised his head, and glanced from the fluttering signal to his idle bat, that lay with slate and book and other boyish property upon a table in the room. And then he laid him softly down once more, and asked if the little girl were there, for he could not see her.
Էջ 41 - I observed, roused by what I took to be his selfishness, " it always grieves me to contemplate the initiation of children into the ways of life, when they are scarcely more than infants. It checks their confidence and simplicity — two of the best qualities that Heaven gives them — and demands that they share our sorrows before they are capable of entering into our enjoyments.
Էջ 38 - ... the stream of life that will not stop, pouring on, on, on, through all his restless dreams, as if he were condemned to lie, dead but conscious, in a noisy church-yard, and had no hope of rest for centuries to come...
Էջ 127 - My boat is on the shore, And my bark is on the sea ; But, before I go, Tom Moore, Here's a double health to thee ! Here's a sigh to those who love me, And a smile to those who hate ; And whatever sky's above me, Here's a heart for every fate. Though the ocean roar around me, Yet it still shall bear me on ; Though a desert should surround me, It hath springs that may...
Էջ 85 - ... cunning ; his mouth and chin, bristly with the stubble of a coarse hard beard ; and his complexion was one of that kind which never looks clean or wholesome. But what added most to the grotesque expression of his face, was a ghastly smile, which, appearing to be the mere result of habit and to...
Էջ 39 - This was said with no appearance of cunning or deceit, but with an unsuspicious frankness that bore the impress of truth. She walked on as before, growing more familiar with me as we proceeded and talking cheerfully by the way, but she said no more about her home, beyond remarking that we were going quite a new road and asking if it were a short one. "While we were thus engaged, I revolved in my mind a hundred different explanations of the riddle and rejected them every one. I really felt ashamed...
Էջ 127 - MARY, I believed thee true, And I was blest in thus believing; But now I mourn that e'er I knew A girl so fair and so deceiving...