| 1784 - 746 pagina’s
...of a houfe, in an alley they call a court; (lairs wretchedly narrow, even to the fit ft floor rooms: and into a den they led me, with broken walls, which had been papered, as I faw by a multitude of tacks, and fome torn bit» held on by the nifty heads. The floor indeed was clean,... | |
| Samuel Richardson - 1811 - 452 pagina’s
...a house, in an alley they call a court ; stairs wretchedly narrow, even to the first. floor rooms : and into a den they led me, with broken walls, which...floor indeed was clean, but the ceiling was smoked wifh variety of figures, fcnd initials of names, that had been the woeful employment of wretches who... | |
| Samuel Richardson - 1820 - 440 pagina’s
...of names, that had been the woeful employment of wretches who had no other way to amuse themselves. broken walls, which had been papered, as I saw by...and some torn bits held on by -the rusty heads. The windows dark and double-barred, the tops boarded up to save mending; and only a little four-paned eyelet-hole... | |
| Samuel Richardson - 1824 - 874 pagina’s
...a house, in an alley they call a court ; stairs wretchedly narrow, even to the first-floor rooms ; and into a den they led me, with broken walls, which...figures, and initials of names, that had been the woeful employment of wretches who had no other way to amuse themselves. A bed at one corner, with coarse... | |
| Samuel Richardson - 1824 - 806 pagina’s
...a house, in an alley they call a court ; stairs wretchedly narrow, even to the first-floor rooms ; and into a den they led me, with broken walls, which...by the rusty heads. The floor indeed was clean, but die ceiling was smoked with variety of figures, and initials of names, that had been the woeful employment... | |
| Samuel Richardson - 1868 - 382 pagina’s
...a house, in an alley they call a court ; stairs wretchedly narrow, even to the first-floor rooms : And into a den they led me, with broken walls, which...themselves. A bed at one corner, with coarse curtains tacked up at the feet to the ceiling ; because the curtain-rings were broken off; but a coverlid upon... | |
| Samuel Richardson - 1868 - 388 pagina’s
...a house, in an alley they call a court ; stairs wretchedly narrow, even to the first-floor rooms : And into a den they led me, with broken walls, which...themselves. A bed at one corner, with coarse curtains tacked up at the 'feet to the ceiling; because the curtain-rings were broken off; but a coverlid upon... | |
| Samuel Richardson - 1883 - 552 pagina’s
...of a house, in an alley they call a court; stairs wretchedly narrow, even to the first-floor rooms: and into a den they led me, with broken walls, which...wretches who had no other way to amuse themselves. The windows dark and double-barred ; the tops boarded up to save mending; and only a little four-paned... | |
| Samuel Richardson - 1883 - 552 pagina’s
...of a house, in an alley they call a court; stairs wretchedly narrow, even to the first-floor rooms: and into a den they led me, with broken walls, which...wretches who had no other way to amuse themselves. The windows dark and double-barred ; the tops boarded up to save mending; and only a little four-paned... | |
| Samuel Richardson - 1902 - 364 pagina’s
...them, to look up at her. Oons, woman, said I, the lady may be in a fit: the lady may be dying,—let me go up. Show me the way. A horrid hole of a house,...wretches who had no other way to amuse themselves. She was kneeling in the corner of the room, near the dismal window, against the table. plaguily in... | |
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