Tom Rocket

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Ward and Lock, 1860 - 345 halaman
 

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Halaman 27 - Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old To the very verge of the church-yard mould ; Price of many a crime untold : Gold ! gold ! gold ! gold...
Halaman 77 - Not enjoyment and not sorrow, Is our destined end and way; But to work, that each to-morrow Finds us further than to-day.
Halaman 325 - Jh duty bound, to his mother, apprisiK her of his choice and prospects, and received in retura lecture, and an offer of part of the property to which he would be entitled at her death. Mrs. Thornton was glad that he was about to abandon a vicious life, and for the family credit, &c., &c., would place to his account, See., &.c.
Halaman 87 - Hero the commission of oyer and terminer and general gaol delivery for the county of...
Halaman 69 - I — I — have also learnt ' — it was difficult to believe — ' that you are the — the — sister of one of the girls who live there.' ' It is possible.' He was quite a young man, not more than five or six and twenty, slight and small in stature, shaven of cheek and chin, pale-faced, insignificant of aspect. As to his creed, he professed to belong to the small and narrow sect called...
Halaman 312 - The next morning, accompanied by his daughter, he called at Monckton's lodgings, and. with the tears in his eyes, thanked him for all that he had done. "We have struggled hard, Sir...
Halaman 219 - Then came the accession of Henry IV. to the throne of France, and the promulgation of the Edict of Nantes, which filled with joy every Huguenot heart throughout the kingdom. Even the grief-stricken Baronne threw off her mourning, and rejoiced in the open celebration of her religion. " The crafty villain whose crime...
Halaman 83 - ... tune of from two to four thousand pounds for the expenses of their office alone, during the year of their shrievalty. Every succeeding functionary strove his utmost to outshine his predecessor, till affairs arrived at such a pitch of ostentation and extravagance that they began at last, as was natural, to take a turn in the contrary direction. Instead of puzzling their brains to invent new occasions for display, the...
Halaman 87 - More trumpetings announce the judge's arrival at his lodgings, and the high sheriffs return to his hotel, and then Steepleton has done with trumpeting for the day, and the commission is opened " with the usual formalities." Now we may be told that this is all right and proper, and that such ceremonies have a great influence upon the lower classes, and tend to invest the law with proper dignity. No such thing ! The great unwashed do not respect the livery servants; the...
Halaman 89 - Suffolk subscribed and paid the penalty for their sheriff. We are convinced that the judges do not desire the maintenance of trumpery show outside the court, but it is quite indispensable that a force should be in attendance for the preservation of order within its precincts, and the javelin men are fit neither by practice nor training for the service. They do not desire a procession to...

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