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Page 148
... eyes . They are , in fact , a boy's characters ; fabulous beings , drawn not critically but in wonder . And one of them is quite excellent , the gentlemanly boat- swain Mr Chucks , a comic creation Dickens would not have been ashamed of ...
... eyes . They are , in fact , a boy's characters ; fabulous beings , drawn not critically but in wonder . And one of them is quite excellent , the gentlemanly boat- swain Mr Chucks , a comic creation Dickens would not have been ashamed of ...
Page 149
... eyes , with lank hair very thinly sown upon a head , which , like bad soil , would return but a scanty harvest . He looked like Famine's eldest son just arriving to years of discretion . His long lanky legs were pulled so far through ...
... eyes , with lank hair very thinly sown upon a head , which , like bad soil , would return but a scanty harvest . He looked like Famine's eldest son just arriving to years of discretion . His long lanky legs were pulled so far through ...
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... eyes ; and then he perceived with a sense of horror that it was himself . Not a man somewhat resembling him , but ... eye ; a small instance is the road that is seen as bisecting Egdon Heath ' like the parting - line on a head of black ...
... eyes ; and then he perceived with a sense of horror that it was himself . Not a man somewhat resembling him , but ... eye ; a small instance is the road that is seen as bisecting Egdon Heath ' like the parting - line on a head of black ...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 9 |
The Beginnings | 21 |
The Eighteenth Century | 43 |
Copyright | |
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