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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... young Dickens's kindly disposition , it may be mentioned that , some years ago , when such fame as he had acquired would cause most men to have forgotten their former old associations , Dickens joined some other old scholars * The old ...
... young Dickens's kindly disposition , it may be mentioned that , some years ago , when such fame as he had acquired would cause most men to have forgotten their former old associations , Dickens joined some other old scholars * The old ...
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... young Dickens , it was ill calculated to accord with the literary tastes he had formed , and thus imbued with the kindred feelings of some of his distinguished contemporaries -Disraeli , Layard , Harrison Ainsworth , and West- land ...
... young Dickens , it was ill calculated to accord with the literary tastes he had formed , and thus imbued with the kindred feelings of some of his distinguished contemporaries -Disraeli , Layard , Harrison Ainsworth , and West- land ...
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John Camden Hotten. and a mistake in which would have been to a young man severely compromising ; writing on the palm of my hand by the light of a dark lantern in a post- chaise and four , galloping through a wild country , through the ...
John Camden Hotten. and a mistake in which would have been to a young man severely compromising ; writing on the palm of my hand by the light of a dark lantern in a post- chaise and four , galloping through a wild country , through the ...
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... young man , a connection of his , when his fluency and perspicuity were found to be as great as ever . " To the same writer he once told a In the Observer , 12th June , 1870 . curious anecdote of his reporting days : - " The 14 24 ...
... young man , a connection of his , when his fluency and perspicuity were found to be as great as ever . " To the same writer he once told a In the Observer , 12th June , 1870 . curious anecdote of his reporting days : - " The 14 24 ...
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... Morning Chronicle , was always keen to dis- cover young genius , and to help it onwards in the * Morning Advertiser , 13th June , 1870 . struggle of life . He very early discovered the talents 34 [ 1833-35 . LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS .
... Morning Chronicle , was always keen to dis- cover young genius , and to help it onwards in the * Morning Advertiser , 13th June , 1870 . struggle of life . He very early discovered the talents 34 [ 1833-35 . LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS .
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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Página 38 - 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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