English WitsLeonard Russell Hutchinson, 1953 - 349 pages |
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Page 139
... Hook was to remain poor nearly all his life . This appointment was , in its way , as good a practical joke as the best of Hook's own , and lasted longer . At the end of 1813 the lucky versifier left his debts behind him , took up his ...
... Hook was to remain poor nearly all his life . This appointment was , in its way , as good a practical joke as the best of Hook's own , and lasted longer . At the end of 1813 the lucky versifier left his debts behind him , took up his ...
Page 141
... Hook with the paper . The circulation soared ; soon the profit of Hook's half share brought him , sub rosa , his lost two thousand a year ; and though the Queen's death ended the original purpose of the " Bull " , its hold on the public ...
... Hook with the paper . The circulation soared ; soon the profit of Hook's half share brought him , sub rosa , his lost two thousand a year ; and though the Queen's death ended the original purpose of the " Bull " , its hold on the public ...
Page 146
... Hook's Mrs. Ramsbottom , who became the minor despot of the Garrick Club when Hook had been silenced by death , has left in Wagg of " Pendennis " and " Vanity Fair " a caricature in libel - colour of the wit whose ascendancy he would ...
... Hook's Mrs. Ramsbottom , who became the minor despot of the Garrick Club when Hook had been silenced by death , has left in Wagg of " Pendennis " and " Vanity Fair " a caricature in libel - colour of the wit whose ascendancy he would ...
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