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Page 66
... London with his old school- friend Strap , now his valet , to make his fortune . In London he is cozened and cheated by a succession of rogues , tries to enter the Navy as a surgeon's mate but , despite his professional qualifications ...
... London with his old school- friend Strap , now his valet , to make his fortune . In London he is cozened and cheated by a succession of rogues , tries to enter the Navy as a surgeon's mate but , despite his professional qualifications ...
Page 83
... London and on the road to and from London . It is a record of disillusionment . As a man of feeling , Harley accepts expressions of feeling on the part of others as genuine and is therefore continually deceived . But he goes on feeling ...
... London and on the road to and from London . It is a record of disillusionment . As a man of feeling , Harley accepts expressions of feeling on the part of others as genuine and is therefore continually deceived . But he goes on feeling ...
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... London , from the habit and the interest of walking the streets ' . Hyacinth Robinson , his hero , ' sprang up for me out of the London pavement ' . London contains the novel , and it is impregnated with London , which in its pages ...
... London , from the habit and the interest of walking the streets ' . Hyacinth Robinson , his hero , ' sprang up for me out of the London pavement ' . London contains the novel , and it is impregnated with London , which in its pages ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
The Beginnings | 19 |
The Eighteenth Century | 50 |
Copyright | |
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