| William Martin - Children's literature - 1871 - 388 pages
...month at a stretch, I verily believe. I had a greedy relish for a few volumes of voyages and travels, and for days and days I can remember to have gone about my region of the house, armed with a centre-piece out of an old set of boot-trees — the perfect realization of... | |
| John Forster - 1842 - 450 pages
...greedy relish for a few volumes of voyages and 'travels — I forget what, now — that were on those shelves; 'and for days and days I can remember to...gone ' about my region of our house, armed with the centre' piece out of an old set of boot-trees : the perfect realisa'tion of Captain Somebody, of thp... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1849 - 1160 pages
...greedy relish for a few volumes of Voyages and Travels — I forget what, now — that were on those shelves; and for days and days I can remember to have...centre-piece out of an old set of boottrees — the perfect realisation of Captain Somebody, of the Royal British Navy, in danger of being beset by savages, and... | |
| Charles Dickens - Boys - 1850 - 384 pages
...greedy relish for a few volumes of Voyages and Travels — I forget what, now — that were on those shelves ; and for days and days I can remember to...centre-piece out of an old set of boot-trees — the perfect realisation of Captain Somebody, of the Royal British Navy, in danger of being beset by savages, and... | |
| Charles Dickens - Boys - 1850 - 736 pages
...a greedy relish for a few volumes of Voyages and Travels—I forget what, now—that were on those shelves; and for days and days I can remember to have...my region of our house, armed with the centre-piece ont of an old set of boot-trees—the perfect realisation of Captain Somebody, of the Royal British... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1863 - 510 pages
...a greedy relish for a few volumes of Voyages and Travels—I forget what, now—that were on those shelves; and for days and days I can remember to have...house, armed with the centre-piece out of an old set of boot-trees—the perfect realisation of Captain Somebody, of the Royal British Navy, in danger of being... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1867 - 570 pages
...greedy relish for a few volumes of Voyages and Travels — I forget what, now — that were on those shelves ; and for days and days I can remember to...centrepiece out of an old set of boot-trees— the perfect realisation of Captain Somebody, of the Royal British Navy, in danger of being beset by savages, and... | |
| John Camden Hotten - 1870 - 138 pages
...month at a stretch, I verily believe. I had a greedy relish for a few volumes of voyages and travels, and for days and days I can remember to have gone about my region of our house armed with a centre-piece out of an old set of boot-trees — the perfect realization of Captain Somebody, of... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1871 - 526 pages
...greedy relish for a few volumes of Voyages and Travels — I forget what, now — that were on those shelves ; and for days and days I can remember to...centre-piece out of an old set of boot-trees — the perfect realisation of Captain Somebody, of the Royal British Navy, in danger of being beset by savages, and... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1872 - 384 pages
...of Voyages and Travels — I forget v, ! ui i . now— that were on those shelves; and for days aud days I can remember to have gone about my region of...realization of Captain Somebody, of the Royal British Navy, iu danger of being beset by savages, aud resolved to sell his life at a great price. The Captain never... | |
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