Literary Landmarks of LondonHarper & Brothers, 1885 - 361 էջ |
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... 8vo . [ Ready o 16 o " Mr. James George Scott , who has acted as special corres- pondent for several journals in the ... Crown 8vo . , cloth ... " An interesting book . " - Saturday Review . [ Fust Out o 3 6 " All soldiers should read it ...
... 8vo . [ Ready o 16 o " Mr. James George Scott , who has acted as special corres- pondent for several journals in the ... Crown 8vo . , cloth ... " An interesting book . " - Saturday Review . [ Fust Out o 3 6 " All soldiers should read it ...
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... Crown 8vo . ... ... " Is pleasant and unpretentious ... His account of his experiences is interesting in a very high degree . It will be wel- come to all lovers of Dickens for Dickens ' sake . " - Athenæum . " Will certainly be read ...
... Crown 8vo . ... ... " Is pleasant and unpretentious ... His account of his experiences is interesting in a very high degree . It will be wel- come to all lovers of Dickens for Dickens ' sake . " - Athenæum . " Will certainly be read ...
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... Crown 8vo . , cloth [ Ready o 6 o THE REALITY OF FAITH . By the Rev. NEWMAN SMYTH , D.D. , Author of " Old Faiths in New Light , " " The Religious Feeling , " " The Orthodox Theology of To - day . " Third and cheaper Edition . Crown 8vo ...
... Crown 8vo . , cloth [ Ready o 6 o THE REALITY OF FAITH . By the Rev. NEWMAN SMYTH , D.D. , Author of " Old Faiths in New Light , " " The Religious Feeling , " " The Orthodox Theology of To - day . " Third and cheaper Edition . Crown 8vo ...
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... Crown 8vo . , cloth 100 ... It " It is a delineation of inner life by the hand of a master . belongs to the school of Corinne , but is healthier and nobler , and in its thought and style fully equal to Madame de Stäel's famous work . We ...
... Crown 8vo . , cloth 100 ... It " It is a delineation of inner life by the hand of a master . belongs to the school of Corinne , but is healthier and nobler , and in its thought and style fully equal to Madame de Stäel's famous work . We ...
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... Crown 8vo . , cloth extra o 7 6 " Charming from beginning to end . . Miss Zimmern deserves all credit for her courage in attempting the task , and for her marvellous success in carrying it out . Miss Zimmern has indeed mastered a pure ...
... Crown 8vo . , cloth extra o 7 6 " Charming from beginning to end . . Miss Zimmern deserves all credit for her courage in attempting the task , and for her marvellous success in carrying it out . Miss Zimmern has indeed mastered a pure ...
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Էջ 156 - Being asked if he could remember Queen Anne, ' He had (he said) a confused, but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds, and a long black hood'.
Էջ 176 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war; Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Էջ 76 - Whereas Daniel De Foe, alias De Fooe, is charged with writing a scandalous and seditious pamphlet, entitled, ' The Shortest Way with the Dissenters...
Էջ 186 - Friend, — White, or some of my friends, or the public papers, by this time may have informed you of the terrible calamities that have fallen on our family. I will only give you the outlines : — My poor dear, dearest sister, in a fit of insanity, has been the death of her own mother. I was at hand only time enough to snatch the knife out of her grasp. She is at present in a madhouse, from whence I fear she must be moved to an hospital. God has preserved to me my senses, — I eat, and drink, and...
Էջ 113 - Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, but now I know it, with what more you may think proper.
Էջ 120 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had...
Էջ 7 - Child's; and whilst I seem attentive to nothing but the Postman, overhear the conversation of every table in the room. I appear on Sunday nights at St. James's Coffee-house, and sometimes join the little committee of politics in the inner room, as one who comes there to hear and improve. My face is likewise very well known at the Grecian, the CocoaTree, and in the theatres both of Drury Lane and the Haymarket.
Էջ 7 - There is no place of general resort wherein I do not often make my appearance ; sometimes I am seen thrusting my head into a round of politicians at Will's, and listening with great attention to the narratives that are made in those little circular audiences.
Էջ 219 - An old black-laced hood represents the first, the fur of a horseman's coat, which replaces the third, serves for the second ; a dimity petticoat is deputy, and officiates for the fourth, and slippers act the part of the last.