The man without a profession1844 |
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... head master ? " What , Dr. Keate , papa , ask us to break- fast ! We don't like the sort of breakfast that he gives sometimes , especially on a cold frosty morning , when it isn't so pleasant to get out of a warm bed to be flogged . It ...
... head master ? " What , Dr. Keate , papa , ask us to break- fast ! We don't like the sort of breakfast that he gives sometimes , especially on a cold frosty morning , when it isn't so pleasant to get out of a warm bed to be flogged . It ...
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... head master ) . Mr. Yonge , his private tutor .. Mr. Hexter , the writing master . Mr. Duclos , the French master . Dancing master • Fencing master £ s . d . 2 2 0 • 10 10 0 3 3 0 • 2 2 0 3 3 0 • • 660 • 7 7 0 For a bureau . Tailor ...
... head master ) . Mr. Yonge , his private tutor .. Mr. Hexter , the writing master . Mr. Duclos , the French master . Dancing master • Fencing master £ s . d . 2 2 0 • 10 10 0 3 3 0 • 2 2 0 3 3 0 • • 660 • 7 7 0 For a bureau . Tailor ...
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... to lose - what was it that it cost you - five or six thousand pounds ? Well , that could not hurt us . We can save that , if you think that's an object . But what sort of pro- fession have you got in your head for Frank ? 68 THE MAN.
... to lose - what was it that it cost you - five or six thousand pounds ? Well , that could not hurt us . We can save that , if you think that's an object . But what sort of pro- fession have you got in your head for Frank ? 68 THE MAN.
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Charles Rowcroft. fession have you got in your head for Frank ? I should like to know your fancy ? " " You know Colonel Yelloley ? " " So it's to be the army , after all . " " No , no - I'm not thinking of the army in that way . Colonel ...
Charles Rowcroft. fession have you got in your head for Frank ? I should like to know your fancy ? " " You know Colonel Yelloley ? " " So it's to be the army , after all . " " No , no - I'm not thinking of the army in that way . Colonel ...
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... head . I've no patience with him . He shall never come into this house again . The impertinence for him to suppose that we wanted to send our poor boy out to India - to banish him ! —and make him as ugly as himself ; the horrid old ...
... head . I've no patience with him . He shall never come into this house again . The impertinence for him to suppose that we wanted to send our poor boy out to India - to banish him ! —and make him as ugly as himself ; the horrid old ...
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Страница 165 - ... 1844 novel The Man Without a Profession, an experienced London journalist, Mr. Seedy, gives a young novelist advice about the publishing industry: the sale of a work depends not on the merits of the book, but on the personal reputation of the author ... so that an author must write several works . . . before his name becomes popular. Then, when his name is up, he may for some time sell anything that is not positively and glaringly bad . . . When the name of an author is well up, he can obtain...