| Author |
Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall), 1868-1938 |
| Title |
Adventures and Enthusiasms
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| Contents |
The perfect guest -- The sparrows' friend -- The golden eagle -- A morning call -- The true wizard of the north -- Innocence and impulse -- Possessions -- Drake and his game -- Admirals all: to be -- A study in symmetry -- Davy Jones -- The man of Ross -- The innocent's progress -- Thoughts at the ferry -- A little child -- A Devonshire inn -- On shops and stalls -- Third thoughts -- The Italian question -- On disguise -- Broken English -- Enthusiasts -- Telephonics -- The world remedial -- What the sun did not see -- Two of Martha's sons -- Freaks of memory -- The moral dressing-table -- Thackeray's school fellow -- In re physiognomy: Identification. Dr. Sullivan -- The world's desire -- A conqueror -- The newness of the old -- Aunts -- On recitations -- Clicquot well won -- The sufferer -- A south sea bubble -- On finding things -- Punctuality -- The other two -- On secret passages -- Little Miss Banks -- Gentlemen both -- On epitaphs -- In and about London: A London thrill. A door plate. Angel advocacy. The Soane Hogarths. Greenwich Hospital. Kew in April. Royal Windsor. Three little backwaters. A self-made statue. Crowds and a bad Samaritan. Before and after. The green among the grey. The fatherly force. My friend Flora.
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| Credits |
Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Josephine Paolucci and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net.
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
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| Subject |
Essays
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
34462 |
| Release Date |
Nov 28, 2010 |
| Most Recently Updated |
Jan 7, 2021 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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