New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, 102. köideThomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Thomas Hood, Theodore Edward Hook, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth Henry Colburn, 1854 |
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Page 47
... streets , and everybody went out in their night - clothes , and there was a fine if you put on anything else . Well , night came , and of course I went out in mine , fearing the fine , and not to be different from others . I wish you ...
... streets , and everybody went out in their night - clothes , and there was a fine if you put on anything else . Well , night came , and of course I went out in mine , fearing the fine , and not to be different from others . I wish you ...
Page 48
... street behind , but Gum in his regi- mentals , grazing his great sides against all the tables , and an awful fix it put me in . But necessity's the mother of invention , and down I dropped on my knees , and crossed my arms devoutly on ...
... street behind , but Gum in his regi- mentals , grazing his great sides against all the tables , and an awful fix it put me in . But necessity's the mother of invention , and down I dropped on my knees , and crossed my arms devoutly on ...
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... streets from sunset to sunrise , all out of compliment to us brave English . The days were blazing hot , and nobody went abroad without being com- pelled , but they made out for it at night . The Duke of Cambridge , Lord Raglan , and ...
... streets from sunset to sunrise , all out of compliment to us brave English . The days were blazing hot , and nobody went abroad without being com- pelled , but they made out for it at night . The Duke of Cambridge , Lord Raglan , and ...
Page 57
... street itself , I gladly turned from the monotonous face of outward nature to the little world about me , much more novel and amusing . Opposite to me sat a stout , thick - set man , with a face round as the full moon at harvest time ...
... street itself , I gladly turned from the monotonous face of outward nature to the little world about me , much more novel and amusing . Opposite to me sat a stout , thick - set man , with a face round as the full moon at harvest time ...
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... streets . The fog not decreasing prevented my properly appreciating the country through which we passed , which was hilly from the dim outline of rising hills , which , with a pretty foreground , made it very provoking to see so ...
... streets . The fog not decreasing prevented my properly appreciating the country through which we passed , which was hilly from the dim outline of rising hills , which , with a pretty foreground , made it very provoking to see so ...
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