With a Show in the North: Reminiscences of Mark LemonW. H. Allen, 1871 - 284 pages |
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... Author is indebted to the conductors of the Illus- trated London News for the Frontispiece . The Portrait was drawn specially for the News by John Tenniel , of Punch , and it has been copied by photography , and printed by Messrs ...
... Author is indebted to the conductors of the Illus- trated London News for the Frontispiece . The Portrait was drawn specially for the News by John Tenniel , of Punch , and it has been copied by photography , and printed by Messrs ...
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... author in Bedford Street , and some curious topographical inci- dents , which I hope to reproduce in my next chapter . Meanwhile we rattle down the streets of Edinburgh , and alight for luncheon at the " Waterloo , " where we find half ...
... author in Bedford Street , and some curious topographical inci- dents , which I hope to reproduce in my next chapter . Meanwhile we rattle down the streets of Edinburgh , and alight for luncheon at the " Waterloo , " where we find half ...
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... Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton . The justice called to mind a red - letter evening at Liverpool , during that famous tour , when Dickens was particularly bright , and genial , and humorous . The author With a Show in the North . 43.
... Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton . The justice called to mind a red - letter evening at Liverpool , during that famous tour , when Dickens was particularly bright , and genial , and humorous . The author With a Show in the North . 43.
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... author of " Pickwick " in those days was a lithe , active man , full of nervous energy and physical power . On this red - letter evening he gave his friends a never - to - be - forgotten instance of his athletic skill , by jumping over ...
... author of " Pickwick " in those days was a lithe , active man , full of nervous energy and physical power . On this red - letter evening he gave his friends a never - to - be - forgotten instance of his athletic skill , by jumping over ...
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... authors , are still preserved . The editor of Punch , with un- affected reverence , sat in the editorial chair , surrounded by portraits of the great men who had taken sweet counsel together in the past . The founder of Punch in " Old ...
... authors , are still preserved . The editor of Punch , with un- affected reverence , sat in the editorial chair , surrounded by portraits of the great men who had taken sweet counsel together in the past . The founder of Punch in " Old ...
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With a Show in the North: Reminiscences of Mark Lemon (Classic Reprint) Joseph Hatton No preview available - 2018 |
With a Show in the North: Reminiscences of Mark Lemon Mark Lemon,Joseph Hatton No preview available - 2009 |
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