Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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Page 85
... known the artists of his generation and many of the players and authors of half a century . Moreover he had a store of old anecdotes , any one of which might be called up by something in the morning's paper , or by Hazlitt's stimulating ...
... known the artists of his generation and many of the players and authors of half a century . Moreover he had a store of old anecdotes , any one of which might be called up by something in the morning's paper , or by Hazlitt's stimulating ...
Page 147
... known him , what he was like . His real name was Hugh Stowell Scott ; he was born in 1862 or 1863 ( the two reference books I have consulted offer that choice ) ; he spent some time , it is said , in business ; and his first novel ...
... known him , what he was like . His real name was Hugh Stowell Scott ; he was born in 1862 or 1863 ( the two reference books I have consulted offer that choice ) ; he spent some time , it is said , in business ; and his first novel ...
Page 167
... known in Society . He was even very much liked in that Society . " At present , " he said in his Journal for 1813 , " I stand tolerably well with all , but I cannot adopt their dislikes ; so many sets " . He was often at Holland House ...
... known in Society . He was even very much liked in that Society . " At present , " he said in his Journal for 1813 , " I stand tolerably well with all , but I cannot adopt their dislikes ; so many sets " . He was often at Holland House ...
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WHY READ THE CLASSICS? Page | 9 |
DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS | 15 |
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD | 21 |
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