The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 9George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder., 1864 |
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... coming to us . I will do all I can to make the house pleasant to your girls , for both of whom I have much real regard . I should tell you that John Eames will be here for the same week . My brother is very fond of him , and thinks him ...
... coming to us . I will do all I can to make the house pleasant to your girls , for both of whom I have much real regard . I should tell you that John Eames will be here for the same week . My brother is very fond of him , and thinks him ...
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... coming into the City every day . And then one doesn't like to be rung for like a servant . Not that I mean to put you out of conceit with it . ” “ It will do very well for me , said Eames . " I never was very particular . ” And so they ...
... coming into the City every day . And then one doesn't like to be rung for like a servant . Not that I mean to put you out of conceit with it . ” “ It will do very well for me , said Eames . " I never was very particular . ” And so they ...
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... coming on him , and he was beginning to recognize to himself that the future manner of his life must be to him a matter of very serious concern . No such thought had come near him when he first established himself in London . It seems ...
... coming on him , and he was beginning to recognize to himself that the future manner of his life must be to him a matter of very serious concern . No such thought had come near him when he first established himself in London . It seems ...
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... less at the end of a quarter , if I'm sure to have it some day . The butcher , —he understands one's lodgers just as well as I do , -if the money's really coming , he'll wait ; but he won't wait for 20 THE SMALL HOUSE AT ALLINGTON .
... less at the end of a quarter , if I'm sure to have it some day . The butcher , —he understands one's lodgers just as well as I do , -if the money's really coming , he'll wait ; but he won't wait for 20 THE SMALL HOUSE AT ALLINGTON .
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George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray. coming , he'll wait ; but he won't wait for such as them Lupexes , whose money's nowhere . And there's Cradell ; would you believe it , that fellow owes me eight and twenty pounds ! " " Eight ...
George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray. coming , he'll wait ; but he won't wait for such as them Lupexes , whose money's nowhere . And there's Cradell ; would you believe it , that fellow owes me eight and twenty pounds ! " " Eight ...
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Page 206 - The Lord giveth, and the Lord ' taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.
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Page 498 - There is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuel's veins; And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains.
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Page 429 - O Lord, he signifies to us thee ! " Praised be my Lord for our sister the moon, and for the stars, the which he has set clear and lovely in heaven. " Praised be my Lord for our brother the wind, and for air and cloud, calms and all weather, by the which thou upholdest in life all creatures.
Page 429 - Praised be my Lord for our sister the moon, and for the stars, the which he has set clear and lovely in heaven. Praised be my Lord for our brother the wind, and for air and cloud, calms and all weather, by the which thou upholdest in life all creatures. Praised be my Lord for our sister water, who is very serviceable unto us, and humble, and precious and clean.
Page 130 - In no pages should I take it upon myself at this time to discourse of his books, of his refined knowledge of character, of his subtle acquaintance with the weaknesses of human nature, of his delightful playfulness as an essayist, of his quaint and touching ballads, of his mastery over the English language.
Page 429 - Praised be my Lord for our sister, the death of the body, from which no man escapeth. Woe to him who dieth in mortal sin ! Blessed are they who are found walking by Thy most Holy Will, for the second death shall have no power to do them harm. Praise ye and bless the Lord, and give thanks unto Him, and serve him with great humility.
Page 428 - His century is, I think, the most interesting in the history of Christianity after its primitive age ; more interesting than even the century of the Reformation ; and one of the chief figures, perhaps the very chief, to which this interest attaches itself, is St.