The Adventures of a Dramatist on a Journey to the London Managers: In Two VolumesLackington, Allen and Company ... and sold, 1813 - 204 |
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... road into a short lane that led to a genteel - looking house , a person hastened to open the gate , the carriage went through and was soon up to the house . My man , without in the least noticing me , alighted , and scarcely attending ...
... road into a short lane that led to a genteel - looking house , a person hastened to open the gate , the carriage went through and was soon up to the house . My man , without in the least noticing me , alighted , and scarcely attending ...
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... road . It was intensely cold , and the glimmering of the stars the only light , afforded me . I kept myself warm by walking at a brisk pace , determined to recover the ground I lost yesterday . Gloucester was the resting place I had ...
... road . It was intensely cold , and the glimmering of the stars the only light , afforded me . I kept myself warm by walking at a brisk pace , determined to recover the ground I lost yesterday . Gloucester was the resting place I had ...
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... road . In coming up with him , I per- ceived that he had walked himself lame . He wore a discoloured suit of ... roads and the coun- try too , cried he ; for these forty miles , I have not seen ground fit for a man to set his foot upon ...
... road . In coming up with him , I per- ceived that he had walked himself lame . He wore a discoloured suit of ... roads and the coun- try too , cried he ; for these forty miles , I have not seen ground fit for a man to set his foot upon ...
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... road discovered to us a small public house . The Soldier beheld it with evident satisfaction . " Oh ! ho ! my pretty fellow , have I found you out at last ? many a good drinking bout have I had here . - Come , Sir , lets in , and have a ...
... road discovered to us a small public house . The Soldier beheld it with evident satisfaction . " Oh ! ho ! my pretty fellow , have I found you out at last ? many a good drinking bout have I had here . - Come , Sir , lets in , and have a ...
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... road to London . 44 CHAPTER XI . THE DANCING MASTER . " Combien prenez vous par mois ? Quatre " double pistoles , repondit le maitre á dancer , c'est le prix courant . Quatre dou ble pistoles par mois , m'écriai - je , c'est beaucoup ...
... road to London . 44 CHAPTER XI . THE DANCING MASTER . " Combien prenez vous par mois ? Quatre " double pistoles , repondit le maitre á dancer , c'est le prix courant . Quatre dou ble pistoles par mois , m'écriai - je , c'est beaucoup ...
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