The Wandering Heir: A Matter of Fact RomanceP.F. Collier & Son, 1875 - 302 páginas |
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Página 116 - Well, if you are disposed to publish the matter, I cannot dissuade you, of course— but there will be terrible work if you do — and if you don't, I shall think you the most generous of mortal beings — and if there is anything in the world I can do for you — anything short of " she hesitated. "Short of renouncing your guilty connection with my husband, I suppose you mean,
Página 225 - Harrison then and there instantly died: And so the jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do say, that the said...
Página 5 - ... Braddon. Finding nothing to admire in George Eliot, he appreciated the work of these writers, especially the women, to whose efforts he handed praise with masculine condescension, complacently conscious of his superiority. Miss Braddon was his intimate friend. To her, he dedicated The Wandering Heir, as 'a slight mark of respect for her private virtues and public talents' - a rare honour from a novelist singularly sparing with dedications.
Página 210 - Marriage between if. of — — , and ff. of . If any of you know cause, or just impediment, why these two persons should not bo joined together in holy Matrimony, ye are to declare it.
Página 77 - Till the bright mountains prop the incumbent sky ; As Atlas fixed, each hoary pile appears, The gathered winter of a thousand years : On this foundation Fame's high Temple stands : Stupendous pile ! not reared by mortal hands.
Página 29 - twould be. The parson called to-day — This odious chair, why will you stick me in it ? — Stand further, girl. I always lose when you look on.
Página 224 - Annesley, with a certain gun, of the value of five shillings, being charged with powder and leaden shot, did discharge and shoot out of the said gun, by force of the gunpowder as aforesaid, and him the said Thomas Eaglestone in and upon the left side of the belly of the said Thomas, did strike and penetrate, giving to him, the said Thomas, on...
Página 285 - She told me the Duchess of Buckingham sent for her : and then she said, " Poor gentleman, I'm sorry for him, from my heart, for no one has reason to know his affairs better than I do, for I lived long with Lady Altham, his mother." Mrs. Heath. BY ALL THAT'S GOOD AND GREAT, I NEVER SAID ANY SUCH WORD. — Then turning on Hussy, " I never thought you were such a man. I've heard people say you were a gamester and lived in an odd •way, but I would never believe it till now. I took your part, and always...
Página 224 - ... mark. He stared on the public as on so many dogs, and on James Annesley with a bitter sneer. James was all in black velvet, with weepers, as one who mourned the death he had caused. Silence having been obtained, the prisoners were arraigned, and the indictment charged against James Annesley, laborer, that he, not having God before his eyes, but moved by the instigation of the Devil, on the 1st of May, with force...
Página 30 - ... itched. But, if you go to that, you spoke a word began with H. Then she knew you had the king of hearts." "That is like miss, here," said another matron; "she rubs her chair when she hath matadore in hand." "Set a thief to catch a thief, madam," was miss's ingenious and polished reply.