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" ... there. He had one of these little sticks in his hand, and with a rusty nail he was etching another day of misery to add to the heap. As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down, shook his... "
The Beauties of Johnson: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral ... - Page 137
by Samuel Johnson - 1782 - 209 pages
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...eye towards the door, then cast it down — shook his head, and went on with his work of afFiirtion. I heard his chains upon his legs, as he turned his body to lay his little sticks upon the bundle. — He gave a deep sigh — I saw the iron enter into his soul — I burst...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 490 pages
...eye towards the door, then cast it down—shook his head, and went on with his woik of affliction. 1 heard his chains upon his legs, as he turned his body to lay his little sticks upon the bundle.—He gave a deep sigh—I saw the iron enter into his soul—I burst into tears—I...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...towards the door — then cast it down — shook his head — and went on with his work of affliction. 1 heard his chains upon his legs, as he turned his body to lay his little stick upon the bundle. He gave a deep sigh — 1 saw the iroa enier into his soul. I burst into tears....
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The British Essayists: Knox's essays

James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 328 pages
...darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down, shook his head, and went on with his work of affliction....his legs, as he turned his body to lay his little stick upon the bundle. He gave a deep sigh. I saw the iron enter into his soul." It is easy, but it...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pages
...the little light he had, Be lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down, — shook his head, and went on with his work of affliction....his legs, as he turned his body to lay his little stick upon the bundle. — He gave a deep sigh. — I saw the iron enter into his soul ! — I burst...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, a Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door — then cast it down — shook his head — and went on with his -work of affliction....his legs, as he turned his body to lay his little stick upon the bundle. He gave a deep sigh — I saw the iron enter into his soul. I burst into tears....
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The Novels of Sterne, Goldsmith, Dr. Johnson, Mackenzie, Horace Walpole, and ...

Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down, — shook his head, and went on with his work of affliction....his legs, as he turned his body to lay his little stick upon the bundle. — He gave a deep sigh. — I saw tne iron enter into his soul ! — I burst...
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The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye toward the door, then cast it down — shook his head, and went on with his work of affliction....upon his legs as he turned his body to lay his little stick upon the bundle — He gave a deep sigh — I saw the iron enter into his soul — I burst into...
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The novels of Sterne, Goldsmith, dr. Johnson, Mackenzie, Horace Walpole, and ...

Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 pages
...the little light he hail, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down, — shook + hie little stick upon the bundle. — He gave a deep sigh. — I saw the iron enter into his soul !...
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An Essay on Anger

John Fawcett - Anger - 1824 - 218 pages
...the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door — then cast it down — shook his head, and went on with his work of affliction....upon his legs as he turned his body to lay his little stick upon the bundle — he gave a deep sigh — I saw the iron enter into his soul — I burst into...
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