Reminiscences of Mark Lemon1871 |
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... father , a true friend . He believed in one God , in one woman , in one publication . Simple in his tastes , his ambition was the ambition of every honest man , to be useful to his country and a blessing to his home . In the 21 conduct ...
... father , a true friend . He believed in one God , in one woman , in one publication . Simple in his tastes , his ambition was the ambition of every honest man , to be useful to his country and a blessing to his home . In the 21 conduct ...
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... father , interrogatively . " I did , " was the response ; " and thought it clever . " " So it was , " said Falstaff , smiling ; " our prince would do very well if he were not so good looking . It is his firm conviction that some night a ...
... father , interrogatively . " I did , " was the response ; " and thought it clever . " " So it was , " said Falstaff , smiling ; " our prince would do very well if he were not so good looking . It is his firm conviction that some night a ...
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... father's career . And this is how it came about that I wrote the play of Hearts are Trumps , which you are pleased to say is so excellent a drama . There is another curious circumstance connected with that play . One evening I was at ...
... father's career . And this is how it came about that I wrote the play of Hearts are Trumps , which you are pleased to say is so excellent a drama . There is another curious circumstance connected with that play . One evening I was at ...
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... . Mark Lemon was looked upon as a sort of father of the village . Nothing was done in the place without his advice first taken , and his assistance secured . On the occasion in question it was a With a Show in the North . 67.
... . Mark Lemon was looked upon as a sort of father of the village . Nothing was done in the place without his advice first taken , and his assistance secured . On the occasion in question it was a With a Show in the North . 67.
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... father's entire approval ; and to evince his sympathy all the more strongly , he had a committee meeting at his own house , and what is more , he invited the committee - two or three of the most active spirits in Crawley - to dinner ...
... father's entire approval ; and to evince his sympathy all the more strongly , he had a committee meeting at his own house , and what is more , he invited the committee - two or three of the most active spirits in Crawley - to dinner ...
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Page 254 - Honour ? Air. A trim reckoning! — Who hath it? He that died o' Wednesday. Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why ? Detraction will not suffer it : — therefore I'll none of it: Honour is a mere 'scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.