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... side as a man who knows how to make the most of precious space . Another black coach drew up , and precisely the same argument that would accept of no denial- " Must bait the horses , sir ; quiet , respectable place , sir ; always stop ...
... side as a man who knows how to make the most of precious space . Another black coach drew up , and precisely the same argument that would accept of no denial- " Must bait the horses , sir ; quiet , respectable place , sir ; always stop ...
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... side by tall , time - wrecked , crazy houses , each with its ten , twelve , or fourteen rooms- for the cellars count as such - and each of these again in its turn an abode for a family . It was startling to see the fashion in which the ...
... side by tall , time - wrecked , crazy houses , each with its ten , twelve , or fourteen rooms- for the cellars count as such - and each of these again in its turn an abode for a family . It was startling to see the fashion in which the ...
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... it , rather ; and one young gentleman , aged eleven , who , with a haughty twist of his side locks , announced that he had been " in " five times , was at once set down by a friend , who told him that 56 IN STRANGE COMPANY .
... it , rather ; and one young gentleman , aged eleven , who , with a haughty twist of his side locks , announced that he had been " in " five times , was at once set down by a friend , who told him that 56 IN STRANGE COMPANY .
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... side of the King's Cross railway station , and follow your nose . Even should the wind be unfavourable , the air will certainly be laden with peculiar indications that may safely be trusted for guidance . Keep straight along the York ...
... side of the King's Cross railway station , and follow your nose . Even should the wind be unfavourable , the air will certainly be laden with peculiar indications that may safely be trusted for guidance . Keep straight along the York ...
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... side of the way , and gives harbourage to several hundred cottages little and big . The road is hemmed in , as Pleasant Grove is , by stench - factories , and the effect on an individual used to ordinarily wholesome air is simply ...
... side of the way , and gives harbourage to several hundred cottages little and big . The road is hemmed in , as Pleasant Grove is , by stench - factories , and the effect on an individual used to ordinarily wholesome air is simply ...
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Сторінка 318 - PARIS HERSELF AGAIN. BY GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA. WITH 350 CHARACTERISTIC ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRENCH ARTISTS. "On subjects like those in his present work, Mr. Sala is at his best." — The Times. " This book is one of the most readable that has appeared for many a day. Few Englishmen know so much of old and modern Paris as Mr. Sala.
Сторінка 92 - that that's the fashion at present among my tribe j sure all my brother puppies smoke now, and a man might as well be out of the world as 'out of the fashion, you know.
Сторінка 21 - The most favourite entertainment at this place is known as "tuff-ball" in which both sexes — innocent of clothing — madly join, stimulated with raw whisky and the music of a fiddle and a tin whistle.
Сторінка 320 - LIFE, AND SAVING A DAUGHTER'S DOWRY. By E. About. COLOMBA, AND CARMEN. By P. Merimee. A WOMAN'S DIARY, AND THE LITTLE COUNTESS. By 0. Feuillet. ODETTE'S MARRIAGE. By A. Delpit. THE TOWER OF PERCEMONT. By George Sand. BLUE-EYED META HOLDENIS. By V. Cherbuliez. THE GODSON OF A MARQUIS. By A. Theuriet.
Сторінка 318 - This book is one of the most readable that has appeared for many a day. Few Englishmen know so much of old and modern Paris as Mr. Sala. Endowed with a facility to extract humour from every phase of the world's stage, and blessed with a wondrous store of recondite lore, he outdoes himself when he deals with a city like Paris that he knows so well, and that affords such an opportunity for his pen."— Truth.
Сторінка 319 - PERIL," &c. Illustrated with an Exact Representation of the Diamond Necklace, from a Contemporary Drawing, and a Portrait of the Countess de la Motte, engraved on Steel. " Had the most daring of our sensational novelists put forth the present plain unvarnished statement of facts as a work of fiction, it would have been denounced as so violating all probabilities as to be a positive insult to the common sense of the reader.
Сторінка 319 - Public; and comprising a Sketch of the Life of the Countess de la Motte, pretended Confidant of Marie Antoinette, and Particulars of the Careers of the other Actors in this remarkable Drama. By HENRY VIZETELLY. Illustrated with an exact representation of the Diamond Necklace, and a Portrait of the Countess de la Motte, engraved on steel.
Сторінка 211 - Her skin was dusky yellow, and tightly drawn at the nostrils and the cheek bones ; and evidently she had, since her marriage, taken such a thoroughly Chinese view of life, that her organs of vision were fast losing their European shape, and assuming that which coincided with her adopted nature.
Сторінка 319 - Had the most daring of our sensational novelists put forth the present plain unvarnished statement of facts as a work of fiction, it would have been denounced as so violating all probabilities as to be a positive insult to the common sense of the reader. Yet strange, startling, incomprehensible as is the narrative which the author has here evolved, every word of it is true."— A otea and Querie*.
Сторінка 3 - ... laid out his little stock to dry. Ginger's delight, when the landlord brought in along with a big loaf the half of a huge Cheshire cheese, was a sight to behold ; his amazement when the landlord left the room, leaving the half-cheese behind him, I will not attempt to describe. ' He's forgot it, ain't he ? ' he said, handling his knife as though sadly tempted to make the most of the innkeeper's mistake by slicing off a pound or so. ' No, he hasn't forgotten, my lad,' said I, ' he'll fetch it away...