Anecdote Biographies of Thackeray and DickensRichard Henry Stoddard Scribner, Armstrong, 1875 - 305 |
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Richard Henry Stoddard. wish , and which I gladly gave him ; and the plan of coming to America , as will be seen , though at first rejected , seems to have taken root in his mind . Thackeray left us in the winter of 1853 , and in the ...
Richard Henry Stoddard. wish , and which I gladly gave him ; and the plan of coming to America , as will be seen , though at first rejected , seems to have taken root in his mind . Thackeray left us in the winter of 1853 , and in the ...
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... wish some of them spoke French a little better . I saw five of them at sup- per at Basle the other night with their knives down their throats . It was awful ! My daughter saw it , and I was obliged to say , ' My dear , your great ...
... wish some of them spoke French a little better . I saw five of them at sup- per at Basle the other night with their knives down their throats . It was awful ! My daughter saw it , and I was obliged to say , ' My dear , your great ...
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... wish this rubbish ( the sketch ) were away ; I might put written rubbish in its stead . Not that I have anything to say , but that I always remember you and yours , and honest Mac , and Wharton , and Lewis , and kind fellows who have ...
... wish this rubbish ( the sketch ) were away ; I might put written rubbish in its stead . Not that I have anything to say , but that I always remember you and yours , and honest Mac , and Wharton , and Lewis , and kind fellows who have ...
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... wish is ; " a paper better than anything in the " Original , " better because simpler than Hayward's " Art of Dining , " and which should certainly be restored to a dinner - eating world . To say nothing of its quiet humor and comical ...
... wish is ; " a paper better than anything in the " Original , " better because simpler than Hayward's " Art of Dining , " and which should certainly be restored to a dinner - eating world . To say nothing of its quiet humor and comical ...
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... wish back again . . " I've helped him to pen many a line for bread ; To joke , with sorrow aching in his head ; And make your laughter when his own heart bled . " Feasts that were ate a thousand days ago , Biddings to wine that long ...
... wish back again . . " I've helped him to pen many a line for bread ; To joke , with sorrow aching in his head ; And make your laughter when his own heart bled . " Feasts that were ate a thousand days ago , Biddings to wine that long ...
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