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... night . The groans of Timothy Testy , in a once popular work , may have supplied the model , but the observation is the author's own . The book contains much of Dickens's matter , still some- what in the rough , and without much promise ...
... night . The groans of Timothy Testy , in a once popular work , may have supplied the model , but the observation is the author's own . The book contains much of Dickens's matter , still some- what in the rough , and without much promise ...
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... Night 62 CHAPTER III . Shops and their Tenants 69 CHAPTER IV . Scotland - yard 75 CHAPTER V. Seven Dials · 81 CHAPTER VI . Meditations in Monmouth - street . 87 CHAPTER VII . Hackney - coach Stands . 95 CHAPTER VIII . Doctors ' Commons ...
... Night 62 CHAPTER III . Shops and their Tenants 69 CHAPTER IV . Scotland - yard 75 CHAPTER V. Seven Dials · 81 CHAPTER VI . Meditations in Monmouth - street . 87 CHAPTER VII . Hackney - coach Stands . 95 CHAPTER VIII . Doctors ' Commons ...
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... of Ambition 293 CHAPTER IX . The Dancing Academy . 300 CHAPTER X. Shabby - genteel People . 307 CHAPTER XI . Making a Night of it 312 CHAPTER XII . The Prisoners ' Van 319 PAGE 323 367 380 TITLE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . VOL.
... of Ambition 293 CHAPTER IX . The Dancing Academy . 300 CHAPTER X. Shabby - genteel People . 307 CHAPTER XI . Making a Night of it 312 CHAPTER XII . The Prisoners ' Van 319 PAGE 323 367 380 TITLE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . VOL.
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... NIGHT SCOTLAND - YARD SEVEN DIALS MONMOUTH - STREET HACKNEY - COACH STANDS LONDON RECREATIONS GREENWICH FAIR . Frontispiece 56 • 62 76 82 88 96 108 130 PRIVATE THEATRES 140 VAUXHALL - GARDENS BY DAY 148 THE LAST CAB - DRIVER . 166 THE ...
... NIGHT SCOTLAND - YARD SEVEN DIALS MONMOUTH - STREET HACKNEY - COACH STANDS LONDON RECREATIONS GREENWICH FAIR . Frontispiece 56 • 62 76 82 88 96 108 130 PRIVATE THEATRES 140 VAUXHALL - GARDENS BY DAY 148 THE LAST CAB - DRIVER . 166 THE ...
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... nights ; and to hear what he said to the senior churchwarden , and what the senior churchwarden said to him ; and what " we " ( the beadle and the other gentle- men ) came to the determination of doing . A miserable- looking woman is ...
... nights ; and to hear what he said to the senior churchwarden , and what the senior churchwarden said to him ; and what " we " ( the beadle and the other gentle- men ) came to the determination of doing . A miserable- looking woman is ...
Contents
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CHAPTER XVIII | 177 |
CHAPTER XIX | 190 |
CHAPTER XX | 197 |
CHAPTER XXII | 212 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 219 |
CHAPTER XXIV | 228 |
CHAPTER XXV | 234 |
CHARACTERS | 251 |
CHAPTER III | 69 |
CHAPTER IV | 75 |
CHAPTER V | 81 |
CHAPTER VI | 87 |
CHAPTER VII | 95 |
CHAPTER VIII | 100 |
CHAPTER IX | 107 |
CHAPTER X | 113 |
Astleys | 121 |
CHAPTER XII | 129 |
CHAPTER XIII | 139 |
CHAPTER XIV | 147 |
CHAPTER XV | 154 |
CHAPTER XVI | 161 |
CHAPTER II | 257 |
CHAPTER III | 263 |
CHAPTER IV | 269 |
The Parlour Orator | 275 |
CHAPTER VI | 281 |
CHAPTER VII | 286 |
CHAPTER VIII | 293 |
CHAPTER IX | 300 |
CHAPTER X | 307 |
CHAPTER XII | 319 |
The Boardinghouse | 323 |
CHAPTER II | 367 |
CHAPTER III | 380 |
Common terms and phrases
amusement appearance astonishment Augustus Cooper beadle Bloss blue boots boys Bung churchwardens coach coat costermongers crowd dancing dear delight dinner dirty door dress ejaculated Evenson exclaimed eyes face feelings fellow Fixem front gentleman George Cruikshank girl glass Gravesend green hackney-coach hand head heard hour inquired Jennings Rodolph John Dounce knocked knocker laugh look Maplesone Margate Minns misery Miss Brook Miss Crumpton Miss J'mima Ivins Miss Martin Miss Willises morning mother neckerchief never night o'clock Old Bailey old lady once pantomime parish parlour party pawnbrokers prison quadrille replied Robert Smithers round Samuel Wilkins seated Serjeant-at-Arms servant Seven Dials shabby-genteel shouts side Signor Billsmethi Spruggins standing stout street street-door theatres Thomas Potter Tibbs Tupple turn vestry voice waistcoat walked whispered whole window Wisbottle woman workhouse wretched young lady
Popular passages
Page 258 - One little seat may be empty ; one slight form that gladdened the father's heart, and roused the mother's pride to look upon, may not be there. Dwell not upon the past ; think not that one short year ago, the fair child now resolving into dust, sat before you, with the bloom of health upon its cheek, and the gaiety of infancy in its joyous eye.
Page 111 - ... parties arriving every moment, look as warm as the tables which have been recently painted, and have the appearance of being redhot. What a dust and noise! Men and women — boys and girls — sweethearts and married people — babies in arms, and children in chaises — pipes and shrimps — cigars and periwinkles — tea and tobacco. Gentlemen, in alarming waistcoats, and steel watch-guards, promenading about, three abreast, with surprising dignity (or as the gentleman in the next box facetiously...
Page v - 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.
Page 308 - ... old shoes from slipping off at the heels, — if you observe too that his yellowish-white neckerchief is carefully pinned up, to conceal the tattered garment underneath, and that his hands are encased in the remains of an old pair of beaver gloves , you may set him down as a shabbygenteel man. A glance at that depressed face, and timorous air of conscious poverty , will make your heart ache — always supposing that you are neither a philosopher, nor a political economist.