Charles Dickens, the story of his life, by the author of 'The life of Thackeray'. Popular ed. [Followed by] Speeches literary and social, by C. Dickens |
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... letter - post , Dickens had to keep his editor fully informed of the best and quickest transit for his " reports ; " and , by the kind- ness of the then sub - editor , who received Dickens's letters , and , believing in the man as ...
... letter - post , Dickens had to keep his editor fully informed of the best and quickest transit for his " reports ; " and , by the kind- ness of the then sub - editor , who received Dickens's letters , and , believing in the man as ...
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... letter ) precisely on the prin- ciple you at first laid down - economy ; not pushed so far , however , as to ... letter to my brother in the post . Will you have the kind- ness to send a boy with it ? " This is , in all likelihood , the ...
... letter ) precisely on the prin- ciple you at first laid down - economy ; not pushed so far , however , as to ... letter to my brother in the post . Will you have the kind- ness to send a boy with it ? " This is , in all likelihood , the ...
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... letter ; the Mr. Frank Beard , who attended the great novelist in his last moments , is , we believe , a brother of this gentleman . Concerning Dickens's earliest printed writings , Mr. James Grant , the well - known journalist and ...
... letter ; the Mr. Frank Beard , who attended the great novelist in his last moments , is , we believe , a brother of this gentleman . Concerning Dickens's earliest printed writings , Mr. James Grant , the well - known journalist and ...
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... letter to which he had referred . I then found that the name of the author of ' Sketches by Boz ' was Charles Dickens . The letter was written in the most moderate terms . It was simply to the effect that as he ( Mr. Dickens ) had ...
... letter to which he had referred . I then found that the name of the author of ' Sketches by Boz ' was Charles Dickens . The letter was written in the most moderate terms . It was simply to the effect that as he ( Mr. Dickens ) had ...
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... letter to Captain Holland , whether he meant he would be glad to receive any small consideration for the series of ' Sketches , ' about a dozen in number , which he had furnished to the Monthly Magazine without making any charge , or ...
... letter to Captain Holland , whether he meant he would be glad to receive any small consideration for the series of ' Sketches , ' about a dozen in number , which he had furnished to the Monthly Magazine without making any charge , or ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
actor admirable American appeared artist Athenæum beautiful believe Birmingham Bleak House called character Charles Dickens cheers Christmas Carol Christmas number death delight Dickens's dinner Dombey and Son Douglas Jerrold dramatic England English expressed eyes feel Fund Gad's Hill genius Hall hand happy heard heart honour hope Household Words illustrated institution interest Jerrold kind ladies and gentlemen letter literary literature live London look Lord Mark Lemon Martin Chuzzlewit Messrs mind Miss morning never newspaper Newsvendors night novelist observed occasion Oliver Twist paper Pickwick Pickwick Papers poor present presided proposed published reader received remarkable remember Royal society speech story sympathy Tableau Vivant Thackeray Theatre Theatrical thing thought Tiny Tim tion to-night toast told took W. M. Thackeray Washington Irving Wilkie Collins writing wrote young
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Página 34 - I walked down to Westminster Hall, and turned into it for half an hour, because my eyes were so dimmed with joy and pride, that they could not bear the street, and were not fit to be seen there.
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Página 323 - Oh ! it is hard to take to heart the lesson that such deaths will teach, but let no man reject it, for it is one that all must learn, and is a mighty, universal Truth. When Death strikes down the innocent and young, for every fragile form from which he lets the panting spirit free, a hundred virtues rise, in shapes of mercy, charity, and love, to walk the world, and bless it. Of every tear that sorrowing mortals shed on such green graves, some good is born, some gentler nature comes.
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Página 34 - Magazine in which my first effusion — dropped stealthily one evening at twilight, with fear and trembling, into a dark letter-box, in a dark office, up a dark court in Fleet Street...
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