The Old Chelsea Bun-House: A Tale of the Last CenturyManning, Anne
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The Old Chelsea Bun-House: A Tale of the Last Century
Manning, Anne
England -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction
"This, like all her stories, is sweet and graceful; a young girl
innocently telling all her youthful feelings and adventures, and
bringing into play the interest to be derived from a picture of London
life in the times of the Protector and Charles II."--_Guardian._
"A most agreeable story is presented, and the manner of telling it is
as quaint and agreeable as the style of the type and binding."--_Bell's
Messenger._
"Ever welcome are the works of this authoress to the hearths and
hearts of English readers and listeners. And very simply, and sweetly,
and winningly, does Cherry tell her story; and a right admirable
story it is, with just such a conclusion to it as we would have
wished."--_Church and State Gazette._
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YE MAIDEN AND MARRIED LIFE
OF
MARY POWELL,
AFTERWARDS MISTRESS MILTON.
"This is a charming little book; and whether we regard its subject,
cleverness, or delicacy of sentiment and expression--to say nothing of
its type and orthography--it is likely to be a most acceptable present
to young or old, be their peculiar taste for religion, morals, poetry,
history, or romance."--_Christian Observer._
"Unquestionably the production of an able hand, and a refined mind. We
recommend it to all who love pure, healthy, literary fare."--_Church
and State Gazette._
"This quaint narrative, presented in ancient binding, and in the type
of bygone days, is a most acceptable addition to the literature of the
times."--_Bell's Messenger._
"The odd history of Milton's first marriage--the desertion of his wife,
and her subsequent terror when she heard that he was just the man to
put in practice his own opinions respecting divorce--forms one of those
chapters, peculiarly open to illustration and fancy. The substance
of the present volume appeared originally in _Sharpe's Magazine_,
when it attracted sufficient attention to induce its republication
in the quaint and inviting volume before us, where the typographer
has successfully adapted his style of printing to the old style of
composition."--_Atlas._
"The volume is full of incident and character, and exceedingly
delightful in its happy sketching and freshness of feeling. It is by
far the best work of the small and novel class to which it belongs,
a mixture of truth and fiction in a _form_ which belongs to the
fictitious more than do the substantial contents."--_Nonconformist._
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YE HOUSEHOLD
OF
SIR THOS. MORE.
LIBELLUS A MARGARETA MORE, QUINDECIM ANNOS NATA, CHELSEIÆ INCEPTVS.
"It ends with musical melancholy, a strain of exquisitely simple
beauty, referring to the judicial slaying of one of England's worthiest
sons. There are some fine portraits ably limned herein. There are
family pictures so graphically described that they possess the mind for
ever."--_Church and State Gazette._
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