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    they have to a great extent , been engrafted into the national

    life in so <_ J far as similes are concerned . There are few men

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    reminds him of a Dickens' celebrity . This is one of the best

    recognitions of the author ' s marvellous genius . Mr . Charles

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    Edition of his father ' s famous lx'ok . Some there may be who

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 6, 1886, page 1445, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_06121886/page/37/