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George Cruikshank. George Cruikshank's Omnibus
George Cruikshank's Omnibus
Table of Contents
LIST OF ETCHINGS ON STEEL
LIST OF WOOD-CUTS
OUR PREFACE
GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S OMNIBUS
"MY PORTRAIT."
MY LAST PAIR OF HESSIAN BOOTS
ON A WICKED SHOEMAKER
LOVE SEEKING A LODGING
FRANK HEARTWELL; OR FIFTY YEARS AGO
MONUMENT TO NAPOLEON!
PHOTOGRAPHIC PHENOMENA, OR THE NEW SCHOOL OF PORTRAIT-PAINTING
PUNCH v. LAW
"ORIGINAL POETRY:" BY THE LATE SIR FRETFUL PLAGIARY, KNIGHT,
FRANK HEARTWELL; OR, FIFTY YEARS AGO
LOVE HAS LEGS
BERNARD CAVANAGH,
THE ASS ON THE LADDER
OMNIBUS CHAT
"A Scene near Hogsnorton
ENIGMA
TO WILLIAM CHARLES MACREADY,
A LARGE ORDER
"MY VOTE AND INTEREST."
THE CENSUS
LOVE'S MASQUERADING
FRANK HEARTWELL; OR, FIFTY YEARS AGO
THE LIVERY—OUT OF LONDON
OMNIBUS CHAT
FRIGHTS!
A PEEP AT A "LEG-OF-BEEF SHOP."
A FEW NOTES ON UNPAID LETTERS
FIRST DISCOVERY OF VAN DEMONS' LAND
FRANK HEARTWELL; OR, FIFTY YEARS AGO
THE MUFFIN-MAN
A TIGER-HUNT IN ENGLAND
OMNIBUS CHAT
THE SISTER SCIENCES; OR, BOTANY AND HORTICULTURE
MADEMOISELLE RACHEL
FRIGHTS!—No. II
A SHORT CRUISE AT MARGATE
EPIGRAMS
PASSIONATE PEOPLE
OUR NEW COOKS!
A SONG OF CONTRADICTIONS
FRANK HEARTWELL; OR, FIFTY YEARS AGO
A WARM RECEPTION
OMNIBUS CHAT
MRS. TODDLES
FRIGHTS!—No. III
LITTLE SPITZ
"THIS NIGHT VAUXHALL WILL CLOSE FOR EVER!"
A Tale of the Times of Old
AN ANACREONTIC FABLE
FRANK HEARTWELL; OR, FIFTY YEARS AGO
HOW TO RAISE THE WIND
A PEEP AT BARTHOLOMEW FAIR
OMNIBUS CHAT
AN APPARENT CASE OF DETERMINED SUICIDE
THE ARTIFICIAL FLOOR FOR SKATING
DUNS DEMONSTRATED
THE SECOND SLEEPER AWAKENED[12]
JUST GOING OUT
FRANK HEARTWELL; OR, FIFTY YEARS AGO
A THEATRICAL CURIOSITY
SLIDING-SCALES
SKETCHES HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE
ANOTHER CURIOSITY OF LITERATURE
A HORRIBLE PASSAGE IN MY EARLY LIFE
TWO OF A TRADE
OMNIBUS CHAT
SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MRS. SARAH TODDLES!
THE FIRE AT THE TOWER OF LONDON
MISS ADELAIDE KEMBLE
JACK GAY, ABROAD AND AT HOME
THE KING OF BRENTFORD'S TESTAMENT
FRANK HEARTWELL; OR, FIFTY YEARS AGO
THE FIRE-KING FLUE
A PASSAGE IN THE LIFE OF MR. JOHN LEAKEY
OMNIBUS CHAT
MRS. TODDLES
JACK-O'LANTERN
CHRISTMAS
A SNAP-DRAGON:
SONNET TO "SOME ONE."
THE HOMŒOPATHIST'S SERENADE
WHAT DO YOU DO THAT FOR?
LINES BY A Y—G L—Y OF F—SH—N,
THE FROLICS OF TIME
A PEEP POETIC AT THE AGE
A STILL-LIFE SKETCH
A TALE OF AN INN
"SUCH A DUCK!"
FRANK HEARTWELL; OR, FIFTY YEARS AGO
THE POSTILION
"THE HORSE BY THE HEAD."
A FLOATING RECOLLECTION
THE PAUPERS' CHAUNT[25]
SKETCHES HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE
MRS. TODDLES
SONNET TO MRS. SARAH TODDLES
POSTSCRIPT
FOOTNOTES:
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George Cruikshank
Published by Good Press, 2019
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I have already remarked that young Frank—for he was named after his father—was by his mother's side, and questioning her upon the subject of Philip Quarll's monkeys—but though desirous of imparting instruction to her son, yet her spirit was too much bowed down even to attend to him; besides, this was a matter of natural history with which she was but little acquainted, and, therefore, he was referred to honest Ben, as the best authority to answer his inquiries. Ben was accordingly summoned, and smoothing down his hair over his forehead with his hard horny hand as he entered the room, he "hoped as madam was well and master Frank all ship-shape."
"I am thinking of your master's departure, Ben," returned the lady, "and therefore cannot be very easy in my mind, when I consider the risks to which he will be exposed on the turbulent ocean, both in the storm and in the battle."
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