 | John Forster - 1842 - 450 pages
...of books in a little A small but good 'room upstairs to which I had access (for it adjoined library. 'my own), and which nobody else in our house ever...Pickle, Humphrey Clinker, Tom, ' Jones, the Vicar of Wakefald, Don Quixote, Gil Bias, ' and Robinson Crusoe came out, a glorious host, to keep ' me company.... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1849 - 1160 pages
...a small collection of books in a little room up-stairs, to which I had access (for it adjoined •t my own) and which nobody else in our house ever troubled....host, to keep me company. They kept alive my fancy, and my hope of something beyond that place and time, — they, and the Arabian Nights, and the Tales... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1850 - 736 pages
...books in a little room np-stairs, to which I had access (for it adjoined my own) and which nobody cUe in our house ever troubled. From that blessed little...host, to keep me company. They kept alive my fancy, and my hope of something beyond that place and time,—they, and the Arabian Nights, and the Tales... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1863 - 510 pages
...another. mother. I believe I should have been almost stupified but for one circumstance. It was this. My father had left a small collection of books in...host, to keep me company. They kept alive my fancy, and my hope of something beyond that place and time,—they, and the Arabian Nights, and the Tales... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1867 - 570 pages
...from my mother. I believe I should have been almost stupified but for one circumstance. It was this. My father had left a small collection of books in...host, to keep me company. They kept alive my fancy, and my hope of something beyond that place and time, — they, and the Arabian Nights, and the Tales... | |
 | John Camden Hotten - 1870 - 120 pages
...(omitting a few words) : " From that blessed little room Roderick Random, Peregrine Pickle, Humphry Clinker, Tom Jones, the Vicar of Wakefield, Don Quixote,...host, to keep me company. They kept alive my fancy — they, and the ' Arabian Nights,' and the * Tales of the Genii,' — and did me no harm ; for whatever... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1871 - 526 pages
...from my mother. I believe I should have been almost stupefied but for one circumstance. It was this. My father had left a small collection of books in...host, to keep me company. They kept alive my fancy, and my hope of something beyond that place and time, — they, and the Arabian Nights, and the Tales... | |
 | John Forster - 1872 - 442 pages
...is one of the many passages in Copperfield which are literally true, and its proper place is here. ("My father had left a small collection of books in...host, to keep me company. They kept alive my fancy, and my hope of something beyond that place and time, — they, and the Arabian Nights and the Tales... | |
 | John Forster - 1872 - 440 pages
...is one of the many passages in Copperfield which are literally true, and its proper place is here. "My father had left a small collection of books in...host, to keep me company. They kept alive my fancy, and my hope of something beyond that place and time, — they, and the Ar-abian Nights and the Tales... | |
 | John Forster - 1872 - 432 pages
...books in a little A small but good 'room upstairs to which I had access (for it adjoined library. ' my own), and which nobody else in our house ever 'troubled....host, to keep ' me company. They kept alive my fancy, and my hope 'of something beyond that place and time, — they, and ' the Arabian Nights, and the Tales... | |
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My father had left a small collection of books in a little room up-stairs, to which I had access (for it adjoined my own) -and which nobody else in our house ever troubled. From that blessed little room, Roderick Random, Peregrine Pickle, Humphrey Clinker,... 
