 | 1830 - 550 pages
...nine o'clock," said Mrs. J . The servant accordingly went up stairs, and knocked at the bedroom door, once, twice, thrice, but received no answer. There...the wind shook the window. Could Miss J have fallen 418 THE MIRROR. again, but unsuccessfully as before. She became a little flustered ; and after a moment's... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 312 pages
...stairs, and knocked and tell her it's half past nine o'clock," said Mrs. J . 10 at the bedroom door, once, twice, thrice, but received no answer. There...but unsuccessfully as before. She became a little flus15 tered; and after a moment's pause opened the door glass. " Why ma'am!" commenced Betty in a... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1838 - 316 pages
...o'clock," said Mrs. J . The servant accordingly went up stairs, and knocked 10 at the bedroom door, once, twice, thrice, but received no answer. There...but unsuccessfully as before. She became a little flus15 tered; and after a moment's pause opened the door and entered. There was Miss J sitting at the... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...o'clock," said Mrs. J . The servant accordingly went up stairs, and knocked 10 at the bedroom door, once, twice, thrice, but received no answer. There...but unsuccessfully as before. She became a little flus15 tered; and alter a moment's pause opened the door and entered. There was Miss J sitting at the... | |
 | American literature - 1856 - 606 pages
...nine o'clock,' said Mrs. J . The servant accordingly went up-stairs, and knocked at the bedroom door, once, twice, thrice, but received no answer. There...silence, except when the wind shook the window. Could Misa J have fallen asleep ? Oh, impossible ! She knocked again, but unsuccessfully as before. She became... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1835 - 320 pages
...o'clock," said Mrs. J . The servant accordingly went up stairs, and knocked at 10 the bedroom door, once, twice, thrice, but received no answer. There...unsuccessfully as before. She became a little flustered ; and 15 after a moment's pause opened the door and entered. There was Miss J sitting at the glass. " Why... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1849 - 348 pages
...the window. Could Miss Jones have fallen asleep'? Oh ! impossible ' ! 3. She knocked again', but as unsuccessfully as before'. She became a little flustered...pause, opened the door and entered. There was Miss Jones sitting at the glass. "Why, ma'am'?" commenced Betty, in a petulnnt tone, walking up to her,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...ma'am." " Go up to her room then, Betty, and see if she wants anything; and tell her it's half-past nine o'clock," said Mrs. J . The servant accordingly...unsuccessfully as before. She became a little flustered, and, fter a moment's pause, opened the door and entered. Miss J sitting at the glass. " Why, la, ma'am,"... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - Readers (Secondary) - 1851 - 288 pages
...o'clock," said Mrs. J •. The servant accordingly went up stairs, and knocked at the bedroom door, 8 once, twice, thrice, but received no answer. There...dead silence, except when the wind shook the window. DEATH OF LORD CHATHAM. 161 9 Could Miss J have fallen asleep ? 10 Oh ! impossible ! 11 She knocked... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...knocked at the bedroom-door onee, twice, thrice, but reccived no answer. There was a dead silenee, except when the wind shook the window. Could Miss J have fallen aslcep ? Oh, impossible ! She knocked again, Miss J sitting at the glass. " Why, la, ma'am," commeneed... | |
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Betty, and see if she wants any thing; and tell her it's half past nine o'clock," said Mrs. J . The servant accordingly went up stairs •and knocked at the bedroom-door once, twice, thrice, but received no answer. There was a dead silence, except when... 
