...pretence of justice, are excellently aggravated in the following speech of Pierre to Jaffier: '1 pass'd this very moment by thy doors, And found them guarded...all thy fortune : Nay more, Priuli's cruel hand had sigh'd it. Here stood a ruffian with, a horrid face Lording it o'er a pile of massy plate, Tumbled...

...wheedle some nice things out of cook, and have jolly fun with John the gardener." CHAPTEK IX. " I passed this very moment by thy doors, And found them guarded by a troop of villains." VENICE PRESERVED. THE conversation with Mrs. Hitchins, and the going up stairs again to speak with...

...without his errand ; but, on the following day, Miss Bertram hoped he might be removed. CHAPTER XIII. They told me, by the sentence of the law, They had commission to seize all thy fortune.— Here stood a ruffian with a horrid face, Lording it o'er a pile of massy plate, Tumbled into a heap...

...riiin'd ! Jo/! That I long since knew ; I and ill fortune have been long acquainted. Pier. I pass'd this very moment by thy doors, And found them guarded by a troop of villains ; The sons of public rapirie: were destroying. They told me, by the sentence1 of the law, They had commission to seize all...

...hia errand ; but, on the following day, Miss Bertram hoped he might be removed. CHAPTER XIII. The; told me, by the sentence of the law. They had commission to seize all thy fortune Here stood a ruffian with a horrid face. Lording it o'er a pile of massy plate, Tumbled into a heap...

...sign, — Save men's opinions, and my living blood, — To show the world 1 am a gentleman. Shaitptare. They told me, by the sentence of the law, They had commission to seize all my fortune. Here stood a ruffian with a horrid face, Lording it o'er a pile of massive plate, Tumbled...

...on their marriage! Otway has described a similar scene in the following noble lines:— " I passed this very moment by thy doors, And found them guarded...law, They had commission to seize all thy fortune. Ilcrc stood a ruffian, with : horrid face, Lording it o'er a heap of massive plate, Tumbled into a...

...more without his errand ; but, on the following day, Miss Bertram hoped he might be removed. CHAPTER They told me, by the sentence of the law, They had commission to seize all thy fortune. — Here stood a ruffian with a horrid face, Lording it o'er a pile of massy plate, Tumbled into a...

...ruined ! Jaf. That I long since knew ; [ and ill fortune have been long acquainted. Pier. I passed this very moment by thy doors, And found them guarded...thy fortune : Nay, more, — Priuli's cruel hand had signed it. Here stood a ruffian with a horrid face, Lording it o'er a pile of massy plate, Tumbled...

...floor, and longed for morning, that she might go to Norton Holmes and entreat her freedom. CHAPTER " They told me, by the sentence of the law They had commission to seize all my fortune." OTWAT. MK. HOLMES was usually an early riser, and with feverish impatience, from the dawning...