The Gentleman in BlackWilliam Kidd, 1831 - 309 páginas |
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... Ledger , " said he , " I wished to see you on business . " " Indeed , Sir , " ejaculated the astonished clerk . " Yes , indeed ! " repeated Charles , seating himself at the table , " for I'm off to Melton in an hour . " 66 My dear Sir ...
... Ledger , " said he , " I wished to see you on business . " " Indeed , Sir , " ejaculated the astonished clerk . " Yes , indeed ! " repeated Charles , seating himself at the table , " for I'm off to Melton in an hour . " 66 My dear Sir ...
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... Ledger , rising from his seat , and all the blood in his body apparently rushing to his face ; " Sir ! if any other person had dared- ; but you are his son Oh ! that I should live to see the day ! My poor dear master ! no man named him ...
... Ledger , rising from his seat , and all the blood in his body apparently rushing to his face ; " Sir ! if any other person had dared- ; but you are his son Oh ! that I should live to see the day ! My poor dear master ! no man named him ...
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... Ledger , " said he , at length , " I most earnestly entreat your pardon for having trifled with your feelings ; but the fact is , I have made up my mind " Oh , don't say so , my dear Sir , " said the clerk , interrupting him , from ...
... Ledger , " said he , at length , " I most earnestly entreat your pardon for having trifled with your feelings ; but the fact is , I have made up my mind " Oh , don't say so , my dear Sir , " said the clerk , interrupting him , from ...
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... Ledger's eyes and mouth were wide open , though he doubted much if that could be the case with his ears : but the reader shall not be troubled with an attempt to describe his feelings . Suffice it to say , that he would not accept more ...
... Ledger's eyes and mouth were wide open , though he doubted much if that could be the case with his ears : but the reader shall not be troubled with an attempt to describe his feelings . Suffice it to say , that he would not accept more ...
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... he indited the first letter of business with which he had ever troubled Mr. Ledger , and enclosed therein nearly five hundred thousand pounds sterling . CHAPTER II . At the moment when Charles had folded THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK . 45.
... he indited the first letter of business with which he had ever troubled Mr. Ledger , and enclosed therein nearly five hundred thousand pounds sterling . CHAPTER II . At the moment when Charles had folded THE GENTLEMAN IN BLACK . 45.
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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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Página 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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Página 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...
Página 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
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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,