Nobody's fortune, Volume 1Chapman and Hall, 1872 |
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Page 63 - ... in cases of felony, and of misdemeanours of an aggravated nature, and against receivers of stolen goods, reputed thieves and offenders escaped from custody, with the time, the place, and the circumstance of the offence. The names of persons charged with offences, who are known, but not in custody, and a description of those who are not known, their appearance, dress, and other marks of identity. The names of accomplices and accessories, with every particular which may lead to their apprehension....
Page 278 - BS it plunged into a black, damp, noisome tunnel, the hollow sides of which multiplied, by a thousand reverberations, the many noises of the whirling train into one prolonged horrible crescendo of deafening roar; now a sharp metallic jangle as an iron bridge was crossed ; then a sudden short gust of noise as the train rushed beneath a viaduct ; then the dull grinding of the drag as a station was reached, and the speed was slackened. But Noel, curled up on one of the benches, his head in Bryan's lap,...
Page 278 - A LONG night journey in a rocking, rattling, third-class railwaycarriage ; the uncushioned benches seeming to grow harder and sharper as the hours flew by, as mile after mile of country was passed over ; and the wooden partitions of the vehicle to be gifted with the power of inflicting every now and then sudden smart blows upon the elbows and shoulders of the travellers, as they were jerked and jolted and shaken to and fro in the vehement rapidity of their transit. Now the shriek...
Page 278 - ... mile after mile of country was passed over ; and the wooden partitions of the vehicle to be gifted with the power of inflicting every now and then sudden smart^ blows upon the elbows and shoulders of the travellers, as they were jerked and jolted and shaken to and fro in the vehement rapidity of their transit. Now the shriek of the engine as it plunged into a black, damp, noisome tunnel, the hollow sides of which multiplied, by a thousand reverberations, the many noises of the whirling train...
Page 34 - ... in passing, with abracadabra? Barney didn't go toward the woods at once; he weeded the corn, he picked apple boughs up off the lawn, he knocked a yellow jacket's nest down out of a plum tree. It was raining now, but he didn't seem to notice it. He kept looking at me out of the corner of his eye, and I kept looking at him out of the corner of my eye. "Vot dime is it, blease? " he called to me finally. I put down my book and sauntered out to him. "When you go for those grotches," I said, firmly,...
Page 183 - ... people's money-matters," she exclaims, with a fine elevation of tone, " I know nothing, and care less. But I must say I always thought your friend Mr. Bounderley one of the very vulgarest men I ever knew. He puts his elbows on to the table, and roars as if one was deaf, and is so odiously familiar. I should not be the least surprised to hear that he had cheated every one. As to his wife, she is not a bad little creature, and I am sincerely sorry for her — though certainly she once tried to...
Page 62 - ... closest, for it merely gives, as it professes, " the substance of all informations received in cases of felony, and of misdemeanours of an aggravated nature, and against receivers of stolen goods, reputed thieves and offenders escaped from custody, with the time, the place, and the circumstance of the offence. The names of persons charged with offences, who are known, but not in custody, and a description of those who are not known, their appearance, dress, and other marks of identity. The names...
Page 143 - Grogram,' said* the little man, after a pause ; ' but I think it is only fair to tell you that what I have just heard will make a considerable difference in my arrangements.