Dragons' Teeth, Volume 1L. Booth, 1863 - English fiction |
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... Walford ; it is equally true of many another soulless and office - dried specimen of humanity at the present day . Thomas Walford began the world with nothing ; and since he never saved a penny , of which he did not at the same time ...
... Walford ; it is equally true of many another soulless and office - dried specimen of humanity at the present day . Thomas Walford began the world with nothing ; and since he never saved a penny , of which he did not at the same time ...
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... Walford ; and to borrow , on ample security ( though the property of their creditors all the time ) , and at cent - per - cent interest , just as much money as would put off the evil hour , and give the spe- culation of the morrow a ...
... Walford ; and to borrow , on ample security ( though the property of their creditors all the time ) , and at cent - per - cent interest , just as much money as would put off the evil hour , and give the spe- culation of the morrow a ...
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... Walford . And thus , many a time since the days of Whittington , it has come to pass , that when gentlemen , like Messrs . Catcham and Keepham , have found themselves growing old , some faithful servant at command , like Thomas Walford ...
... Walford . And thus , many a time since the days of Whittington , it has come to pass , that when gentlemen , like Messrs . Catcham and Keepham , have found themselves growing old , some faithful servant at command , like Thomas Walford ...
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... Walford the unwilling acknowledgment , that whoever undertakes a large manor - house en- cumbers himself with a veritable " load of life . " This truth Mr. Walford realised in a swarm of " creepy - crawly creatures ; " for so he called ...
... Walford the unwilling acknowledgment , that whoever undertakes a large manor - house en- cumbers himself with a veritable " load of life . " This truth Mr. Walford realised in a swarm of " creepy - crawly creatures ; " for so he called ...
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... Walford . For , now , for the first time in his life , money was always going out ; whereas , money used to be always coming in . And for what was it all paid ? Only to encourage waste and idleness . Paid to John for doing nothing ...
... Walford . For , now , for the first time in his life , money was always going out ; whereas , money used to be always coming in . And for what was it all paid ? Only to encourage waste and idleness . Paid to John for doing nothing ...
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Page 93 - What beast was't then That made you break this enterprise to me? When you durst do it, then you were a man; And, to be more than what you were, you would Be so much more the man. Nor time nor place Did then adhere, and yet you would make both: They have made themselves, and that their fitness now Does unmake you.
Page 206 - s weel with you gentles, that can sit in the house with handkerchers at your een, when ye lose a friend; but the like o' us maun to our work again, if our hearts were beating as hard as ony hammer.
Page 69 - Nil habet infelix paupertas durius in se quam quod ridiculos homines facit. "Exeat...
Page 225 - This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of Nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine, Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
Page 13 - See also Jer. vii. 29. Micah i. 16. Isaiah vii. 20. No. 958. — ii. 4. Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath, will he give for his life.] Before the invention of money, trade used to be carried on by barter ; that is, by exchanging one commodity for another. The men who had been hunting in the woods for wild beasts would carry their skins to market, and exchange them with the armourer for so many bows and arrows. As these traffickers were...
Page 85 - Eton, and the other public schools, properly so called; and we hope and trust that an effort will now be made on the part of the Masters and Fellows of Eton to do full justice to those committed to their charge.