Scenes and Characters from the Works of Charles Dickens: Being Eight Hundred and Sixty-six Pictures Printed from the Original Wood Blocks — John Shaqi
Scenes and Characters from the Works of Charles Dickens: Being Eight Hundred and Sixty-six Pictures Printed from the Original Wood BlocksDickens, Charles
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Scenes and Characters from the Works of Charles Dickens: Being Eight Hundred and Sixty-six Pictures Printed from the Original Wood Blocks
Dickens, Charles
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Illustrations
[Illustration: IN A TRANSPORT OF PRESENCE OF MIND AND FURY, HE INSTANTLY
CAUGHT HIM UP IN BOTH HANDS, AND THREW HIM OVER HIS OWN HEAD OUT INTO
THE ENTRY, WHERE THE CHECK-TAKERS RECEIVED HIM LIKE A GAME AT BALL--Book
10, chap. ii.]
[Illustration: "I BEG YOUR PARDON, SIR," HE ANSWERED, "BUT IF IT HADN'T
BEEN FOR MY PIPE, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOWHERE"--Book 11, chap. iii.]
[Illustration: "IN A MISERABLE COURT AT NIGHT," SAYS MR. FIELDS, "WE
FOUND A HAGGARD OLD WOMAN BLOWING AT A KIND OF PIPE MADE OF AN OLD
INK-BOTTLE"--Book 1, chap. xii.]
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Transcriber's Notes:
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captions that are small-capped in the original which cannot be
represented in a plain text version.
Obvious punctuation repaired.
Page 24, "the" changed to "The" at start of sentence. (The body washed
ashore)
Page 61, "i" changed to "I" (I'll eat my head)
Page 63, "i" changed to "I" (Directly I leave go)
Page 81, "i" changed to "I" (and I have the strength)
Page 82, "vi" changed to "xvi" (Chap. xvi.)
Page 85, "i" changed to "I" (here I am)
Page 86, first word of new sentence "He" capitalized. (He had now
fallen)
Page 111, "i" changed to "I" (No, no, I'm not)
Page 111, "--Chap. lxiii." added to illustration
Page 117, "Heavans" changed to "Heavens" (Heavens! Can I write)
Page 150, "is'nt" changed to "isn't" (there he isn't)
Page 162, "--Chap. xlviii." added to illustration
Page 201, "xxvl" changed to "xxvi" (Chap. xxvi.)
Page 323, "Hamlet'8" changed to "Hamlet's" (Hamlet's aunt betrays)
Page 381, "Buckett" changed to "Bucket" (Mr. Bucket urging a sensible)
Page 402, "i" changed to "I" (that I have meant)
Page 431, "rome" changed to "Rome" (the walls of Rome)
Page 464, "sunday" changed to "Sunday" (theatre, Sunday night)
Page 521, "Wraeburn" changed to "Wrayburn" (Mr. Eugene Wrayburn)
Page 522, "p easant" changed to "pleasant" (It was a pleasant sight)
Page 545, "i" changed to "I" (if I gave it you)
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of Charles Dickens, by Charles Dickens
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