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He is very urgent for her company at a collation he is to give to four of his select friends, and Miss Partington. He gives an account who Miss Partington is. In Mr. Lovelace's next letter he invites Belford, Mowbray, Belton, and Tourville, to his collation. His humourous instructions for their behaviour before the lady. Has two views in getting her into their company.
Belford, who, taking a fancy to the studious boy, offered to receive him under his special charge and instruct him more fully in the profession he had adopted. Guy attributed each new phase of luck that overtook him now to the same unseen power which seemed to sway his life of late. Under Dr.
At these words Colonel Belford took the letter with a hand that trembled as though with palsy. He cast his eyes over it, but it is to be doubted whether he read a single word therein contained.
Franklin took out a bunch of keys and went to one of the trunks. As he did so he said to himself: "Deuced bright girl! She learned my call in a flash. I must teach her the whole alphabet, and then will have some tall fun and circumvent that fool of a clerk." This remark was applied to Mr. Belford, and was eminent for its touching truth. While the young people were opening the trunk, Mr.
Belford was a man of unrivalled skill in his profession, and to say the best of him was a true friend to the needy and the poor. No hour of the night was too late for him to answer their pleading cry, and hence it was that he became the very idol of the destitute of a great city. He had come into Chapel Alley, at Mrs.
Be honest, and marry; and be thankful that she will condescend to have thee. If thou dost not, thou wilt be the worst of men; and wilt be condemned in this world and the next: as I am sure thou oughtest, and shouldest too, wert thou to be judged by one, who never before was so much touched in a woman's favour; and whom thou knowest to be Thy partial friend, J. BELFORD.
But do thou, Lovelace, whether thou art, or art not, determined upon thy measures with regard to the fine lady in thy power, enliven my heavy heart by thy communications; and thou wilt oblige Thy melancholy friend, J. BELFORD. * See Vol. III. Letter XVIII.
Threatens her. Savagely glories in her grief, on receiving Miss Howe's prohibitory letter: which appears to be instigated by himself. LETTER XV. Belford to Lovelace. His and his compeer's high admiration of Clarissa. They all join to entreat him to do her justice. LETTER XVI. XVII. Lovelace. In answer. He endeavours to palliate his purposes by familiar instances of cruelty to birds, &c.
"Lawrence Belford, if you are wise, you will speak the truth. That release is a forgery or at least it has no legal value." "It is not worth a straw," replied the prisoner with cool impudence; "and on the whole, I'm glad of it. The mortgage will be foreclosed to-morrow." "Your share will be small, Mr. Belford.
At night they used to prowl close about the camp, and howl until we got up and plugged one or two of their number, after which they generally dispersed for a time. "Well, as I have said, it became necessary for me to take the journey for supplies, so one winter's morning I hitched up the team to a rude sort of home-made sled I had made and started off for Belford.
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