Eighteenth Century Vignettes

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Dobson Austin. Eighteenth Century Vignettes

Eighteenth Century Vignettes

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PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION OF 1892

I. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY VIGNETTES

II. PRIOR'S 'KITTY.'

III. SPENCE'S 'ANECDOTES.'

IV. CAPTAIN CORAM'S CHARITY

V. 'THE FEMALE QUIXOTE.'

VI. FIELDING'S 'VOYAGE TO LISBON.'

VII. HANWAY'S TRAVELS

VIII. A GARRET IN GOUGH SQUARE

IX. HOGARTH'S SIGISMUNDA

X. 'THE CITIZEN OF THE WORLD.'

XI. AN OLD LONDON BOOKSELLER

XII. GRAY'S LIBRARY

XIII. THE NEW CHESTERFIELD

XIV. A DAY AT STRAWBERRY HILL

XV. GOLDSMITH'S LIBRARY

XVI. IN COWPER'S ARBOUR

XVII. THE QUAKER OF ART

XVIII. BEWICK'S TAILPIECES

XIX. A GERMAN IN ENGLAND

XX. OLD VAUXHALL GARDENS

XXI. AT LEICESTER FIELDS

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Austin Dobson

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