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Neglected and ill-treated by his grandfather, his father having unaccountably
disappeared, he leaves home and goes to London with his old schoolfriend Strap
, now his valet, to make his fortune. In London he is cozened and cheated by a ...
Neglected and ill-treated by his grandfather, his father having unaccountably
disappeared, he leaves home and goes to London with his old schoolfriend Strap
, now his valet, to make his fortune. In London he is cozened and cheated by a ...
Page 75
There are, for instance, Mr Shandy, the theorist with theories on every subject
under the sun, and his wife: the relation between them is implicit in the following
passage: It was a consuming vexation to my father that my mother never asked
the ...
There are, for instance, Mr Shandy, the theorist with theories on every subject
under the sun, and his wife: the relation between them is implicit in the following
passage: It was a consuming vexation to my father that my mother never asked
the ...
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Father and me was both brought up at a foundation school for boys; and mother,
she was likewise brought up at a public, sort of charitable establishment. They
taught us a deal of umble- | ness; we was to be umble to this person, and umble
to ...
Father and me was both brought up at a foundation school for boys; and mother,
she was likewise brought up at a public, sort of charitable establishment. They
taught us a deal of umble- | ness; we was to be umble to this person, and umble
to ...
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
The Beginnings | 19 |
The Eighteenth Century | 40 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The English Novel: A Short Critical History Volume 9 of Dutton Paperback: D Pelican books |
| Author | Walter Ernest Allen |
| Publisher | Phoenix House, 1954 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 16 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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