The Gentleman in BlackWilliam Kidd, 1831 - 309 Seiten |
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... turned to look for his sable com- panion , he was gone . If he had been allowed time for reflection , his thoughts would have been most painful ; but a violent knocking at the door helped to awaken him from his dream . The door burst ...
... turned to look for his sable com- panion , he was gone . If he had been allowed time for reflection , his thoughts would have been most painful ; but a violent knocking at the door helped to awaken him from his dream . The door burst ...
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... turned up trumps ; or that he had got a prize in the lottery , or - in short he could not exactly make it out . So he dipped his pen in the inkstand , and stuck to his desk ; consoling himself with the reflection , that he was preparing ...
... turned up trumps ; or that he had got a prize in the lottery , or - in short he could not exactly make it out . So he dipped his pen in the inkstand , and stuck to his desk ; consoling himself with the reflection , that he was preparing ...
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... turned adrift next morning , by their master , in a very fit state to form members of the political club before mentioned , at which the gentleman of the black - edged papers fre- quently presided . We have related this trivial ...
... turned adrift next morning , by their master , in a very fit state to form members of the political club before mentioned , at which the gentleman of the black - edged papers fre- quently presided . We have related this trivial ...
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... hat , pleaded a most important engagement , which he had almost forgotten , and took leave , with the same abruptness with which he had made his entré . Immediately his back was turned , the gentle- man in 78 THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK .
... hat , pleaded a most important engagement , which he had almost forgotten , and took leave , with the same abruptness with which he had made his entré . Immediately his back was turned , the gentle- man in 78 THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK .
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James Dalton. Immediately his back was turned , the gentle- man in black coolly observed , " That fellow came with the intention of frightening you out of some However , he'll be in time for the money . scramble . " " What scramble ...
James Dalton. Immediately his back was turned , the gentle- man in black coolly observed , " That fellow came with the intention of frightening you out of some However , he'll be in time for the money . scramble . " " What scramble ...
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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,