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They augment the grievances in such cases, although, in reality, the wrongs are not increased by them. While carrying Marius' "duds" precipitately to his chamber, at his grandfather's command, Nicolette had, inadvertently, let fall, probably, on the attic staircase, which was dark, that medallion of black shagreen which contained the paper penned by the colonel.

Leslie's father, a few seals tied together by a shoe-string, a shagreen toothpick case, a tortoise shell magnifying-glass to read with, his eldest son's first copybooks, his second son's ditto, his daughter's ditto, and a lock of his wife's hair arranged in a true lover's knot, framed and glazed.

"There was evidently a severe struggle in the mind of Caderousse; it was plain that the small shagreen case, which he turned over and over in his hand, did not seem to him commensurate in value to the enormous sum which fascinated his gaze. He turned towards his wife. 'What do you think of this? he asked in a low voice. 'Let him have it let him have it, she said.

He possessed a remarkable mastery of his emotions, and he had always showed with regard to herself so singular a power of self-restraint that Claire, not unreasonably, doubted if he had any emotions to master, any passionate feeling to restrain. All he now did was to take a shagreen case out of his breast pocket and hold it out towards her.

Bailiff takes from his mails a little shagreen case, and out from the case comes sealing-wax and the travelling seal of the Duchy. There was my aunt's best winter-candle still burning away in the daylight, for no one had taken any thought to put it out; and Mr.

I have read it," said the minister, moving closer to the fire. "I sincerely hope that your excellency does not believe these infamies. Besides, I have here I bring the proof." With his strong hairy hands, trembling with emotion, he hunted among the papers in an enormous shagreen portfolio which he had under his arm. "Never mind that never mind. I am acquainted with the whole affair.

The further you advance in the Shagreen Skin vices, lost virtues, poverties, boredom, deep silence, dry-as-dust science, angular, witless scepticism, laughable egotism, puerile vanities, venal loves, Jewish second-hand dealers, etc. the more astonished and pained you will be to recognize that the nineteenth century in which you live is so made up.

"Very good then, a life of riotous excess for me!" said the stranger, pouncing upon the piece of shagreen. "Young man, beware!" cried the other with incredible vehemence. "I had resolved my existence into thought and study," the stranger replied; "and yet they have not even supported me.

The old man fumbled in his pocket, from which he drew a shagreen spectacle-case, as substantial looking as himself, and, planting the spectacles firmly on his heavy nose, he held out his hand to Jan. "There," said he, "take me where ye will. To bonnie Elf-land, if that's your road, where withered leaves are gold." Jan ran round willingly to take the hand of his new friend.

And now, please return me my gems!" He peremptorily held out his hand. Melrose glared upon him. Then slowly the old man reopened the little drawer at his elbow, took thence the shagreen case, and pushed it toward Faversham. Faversham replaced it in his breast pocket. "Thank you. Now, Mr. Melrose, I should advise you to go to bed. Your health is not strong enough to stand these disputes.