Heads of the People, Or, Portraits of the English, Volume 1Henry G. Bohn, 1864 A popular work, to which Thackeray and Jerrold contributed some of their earliest sketches. These literary sketches were written to the pictures and not, as some have imagined, the pictures drawn in illustration of the letterpress. cf. Academy, 1874, II, 360. |
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... play- bills . She knows nearly all the actors and actresses , for she has seen most of them once ; and , moreover , has her especial favourites in tragedy , comedy , and opera ; will , in the work - room , publish her decided preference ...
... play- bills . She knows nearly all the actors and actresses , for she has seen most of them once ; and , moreover , has her especial favourites in tragedy , comedy , and opera ; will , in the work - room , publish her decided preference ...
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... played ; the virgin defending herself with only a poker from the advances of a strange unarmed man , generally believed to be a burglar , but by the lady herself suspected to be something consider- ably worse . We are convinced that we ...
... played ; the virgin defending herself with only a poker from the advances of a strange unarmed man , generally believed to be a burglar , but by the lady herself suspected to be something consider- ably worse . We are convinced that we ...
Halaman 15
... play , " Lie in a ten pound waistcoat . " A few fathoms of gold - chain , with diamonds ( if to be had ) for shirt- buttons , and as many rings on his fingers as a rattle - snake has in its tail , are , to the Diner - Out , almost ...
... play , " Lie in a ten pound waistcoat . " A few fathoms of gold - chain , with diamonds ( if to be had ) for shirt- buttons , and as many rings on his fingers as a rattle - snake has in its tail , are , to the Diner - Out , almost ...
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... play - bill yesterday . " " Yes , yes , I believe you did , " replied Grayson impatiently ; " my girls wish to see the new play at Covent Garden . " You never bet , I think ? " inquired his friend . " Never ! " " Sometimes at whist ...
... play - bill yesterday . " " Yes , yes , I believe you did , " replied Grayson impatiently ; " my girls wish to see the new play at Covent Garden . " You never bet , I think ? " inquired his friend . " Never ! " " Sometimes at whist ...
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... played my spare half - hour with little Jane , in the eight feet by twelve , called the garden , she looked ... playing at " pri- soners ' base ; " the less noble , but scarcely less anxious , desires for " fly the garter , and " whoop ...
... played my spare half - hour with little Jane , in the eight feet by twelve , called the garden , she looked ... playing at " pri- soners ' base ; " the less noble , but scarcely less anxious , desires for " fly the garter , and " whoop ...
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