The Gentleman in BlackWilliam Kidd, 1831 - 309 Seiten |
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... called good society , whilst the old gentleman stuck close to the counting- house and the Exchange , and kept " all right . " But when he died , his son , taking a wider range , neglected the business , and left the whole of his ...
... called good society , whilst the old gentleman stuck close to the counting- house and the Exchange , and kept " all right . " But when he died , his son , taking a wider range , neglected the business , and left the whole of his ...
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... that the time of which we write was some year or two before the Revolution , so called , as the French say , " par excellence , " because it was the vilest , the most sanguinary , and the most 34 THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK .
... that the time of which we write was some year or two before the Revolution , so called , as the French say , " par excellence , " because it was the vilest , the most sanguinary , and the most 34 THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK .
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... called thought . So here goes ! my dear boys . Excuse me empty your glass - I'm a great stickler for forms in drinking . No day - light in the first instance , and no heel - taps in the second . That's my way . Hem ! Perhaps I may have ...
... called thought . So here goes ! my dear boys . Excuse me empty your glass - I'm a great stickler for forms in drinking . No day - light in the first instance , and no heel - taps in the second . That's my way . Hem ! Perhaps I may have ...
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... called my supernaculum : and you promised , I'll take my oath of it ! " " I beg you will do nothing of the sort , " ejaculated the gentleman in black , " I particu- larly object to such customs - besides , among gentlemen , they cannot ...
... called my supernaculum : and you promised , I'll take my oath of it ! " " I beg you will do nothing of the sort , " ejaculated the gentleman in black , " I particu- larly object to such customs - besides , among gentlemen , they cannot ...
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... called upon the admiral , and they had scarcely exchanged salutations , when Bagsby was announced . " By the by , " asked the veteran , " Has the old fellow called upon you this morning , with his bag , and papers , and tape , and the ...
... called upon the admiral , and they had scarcely exchanged salutations , when Bagsby was announced . " By the by , " asked the veteran , " Has the old fellow called upon you this morning , with his bag , and papers , and tape , and the ...
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66 Precisely abbé admiral ahem appeared asked Bagsby's Baron beg your pardon began black Geneva cloak black tape black-edged papers blackguard bottle stands Bourreau bowed brother Dodun cambric Charles Maxwell Clara client Comte D'Ormalle Comte de Tien Comte's Comtesse consequence continued cough Crabseye cried dark gentleman dear Sir devil ejaculated Emilie exclaimed Louis eyes feel forthwith gentleman in black GEORGE CRUIKSHANK hand heroes honour Humph immediately Jesuit lawyer Ledger Lisette looked Louis Desonges Louis's manner matter mean mind Monsieur morning never observed Charles observed the gentleman officer OLD BOND STREET old fellow Palais Royal Paris peer of France piece of business pocket pocket book politely Pshaw purse racters Rateleux recollection replied the gentleman seat seemed silk purse sort tell thereof thing thought tleman in black told took ugly piece whispered WILLIAM KIDD wine young
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Seite 234 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
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Seite 15 - You'll always find me liberal," said the other, handing a pen across the table. " Stop ! stop ! Let me read the whole paper first." " Oh, by all means ! You'll find all correctly expressed." Louis ascertained the manner in which he was to obtain daily supplies of money, so long as the stipulations in the contract were fulfilled ; — " any amount" was specified — he had committed sins enough already, he well knew, to wipe off the score for many years to come, to say nothing of those which, in...
Seite 187 - He, however, had been brought up in a very different school from that in which the crafty old lawyer had acquired his resources, and was utterly unable to divine how the Comte might be
Seite 11 - The dark, middle-aged gentleman saw the gold " enter into his soul," and let it work its way in silence for a short time, watching his victim's countenance, and ever and anon looking disconcerted, as the youth's guardian angel seemed to be whispering in his ear. " Well, Monsieur le Baron ! " ejaculated he at length, " perhaps the trifle you see on the table may be of some little service to you ? " " I am no Baron," observed Louis.
Seite 5 - I should be sorry to appear unpolite to a gentleman of your birth and talents; yet the fact, however, is, that my engagements are just now exceedingly numerous and pressing ; therefore allow me just to explain. This paper — ' ' Confound this head-ache,'— thought poor Louis to himself, 'if I had gone to bed last night, instead of watching over the rouge et noir table, and losing my — ' ' Pshaw ! pshaw ! smell this bottle...
Seite 9 - ... Sir, what you mean by intruding upon my privacy, and insulting me with the repetition of all my misfortunes ? Who, and what the devil are you?" " Precisely so, as I told you before," replied the unruffled stranger.
Seite 173 - It is neither the one nor the other," said the gentleman in black, " I will never agree to it ; " and he looked round with an assumed air of carelessness in his turn. The discussion was like the game of see-saw, one up and the other down — but old Bagsby had yet, as he whispered Mr. Ledger, his " great gun" to fire. Wherefore,