Representative Biographies of English Men of LettersCharles Townsend Copeland, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey Macmillan Company, 1909 - 642 pages |
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... Master Humphrey's Clock . ' The plan was carried out with modifications . It appeared at once that the stories were the pop- ular part of the series ; the club and the intercalated essay disap- peared , and ' Master Humphrey's Clock ...
... Master Humphrey's Clock . ' The plan was carried out with modifications . It appeared at once that the stories were the pop- ular part of the series ; the club and the intercalated essay disap- peared , and ' Master Humphrey's Clock ...
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... Master Humphrey's Clock ' began with a sale of seventy thousand copies , which declined when there was no indication of a continuous story , but afterwards revived . The ' Old Curiosity Shop , ' as republished , made an extraordinary ...
... Master Humphrey's Clock ' began with a sale of seventy thousand copies , which declined when there was no indication of a continuous story , but afterwards revived . The ' Old Curiosity Shop , ' as republished , made an extraordinary ...
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... Master Humphrey's Clock . ' Dickens was to receive 50l . for each weekly number , and to have half the profits ; the copy- right to be equally shared after five years . He had meanwhile agreed with Richard Bentley ( 1794-1871 ) [ q . v ...
... Master Humphrey's Clock . ' Dickens was to receive 50l . for each weekly number , and to have half the profits ; the copy- right to be equally shared after five years . He had meanwhile agreed with Richard Bentley ( 1794-1871 ) [ q . v ...
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... Master Humphrey's Clock . ' After Dickens's return to England , his sister - in - law , Miss Georgina Hogarth , became , as she remained till his death , an in- mate of his household . He made an excursion to Cornwall in the autumn of ...
... Master Humphrey's Clock . ' After Dickens's return to England , his sister - in - law , Miss Georgina Hogarth , became , as she remained till his death , an in- mate of his household . He made an excursion to Cornwall in the autumn of ...
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... Master Humphrey's Clock , ' in eighty - eight weekly numbers , from 4 April 1840 to 27 Nov. 1841 , first volume published Septem- ber 1840 ; second volume published March 1841 ; third November 1841 ; illustrated by George Cattermole and ...
... Master Humphrey's Clock , ' in eighty - eight weekly numbers , from 4 April 1840 to 27 Nov. 1841 , first volume published Septem- ber 1840 ; second volume published March 1841 ; third November 1841 ; illustrated by George Cattermole and ...
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Page 617 - One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake.
Page 73 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Page 80 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a; prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page 459 - No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.
Page 63 - ... study, which I take to be my portion in- this life, joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 371 - Thou hast thy walks for health as well as sport; Thy mount, to which the Dryads do resort, Where Pan and Bacchus their high feasts have made Beneath the broad beech, and the chestnut shade, That taller tree, which of a nut was set At his great birth, where all the Muses met.
Page 317 - Etouffe dans la foule, Faute d'etre assez grand ; Une plainte touchante De ma bouche sortit ; Le bon Dieu me dit : Chante, Chante, pauvre petit ! Chanter, ou je m'abuse, Est ma tache ici-bas. Tous ceux qu'ainsi j'amuse, Ne m'aimeront-ils pas...
Page 325 - But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending Virtue's friend; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While Resignation gently slopes the way; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past.
Page 212 - Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden, and, as some men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted an ornament from an inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where necessity enforced a passage.
Page 454 - PENSION [an allowance made to any one without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country'].