Chapter I

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

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From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

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From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

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From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

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From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

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From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

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From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

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From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

do away with

From this reading "Let us abolish these pictures altogether," they say: "and illustrate the books with pretty conventionalities by more fashionable artists."

the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)

From this reading "Let us abolish these pictures altogether," they say: "and illustrate the books with pretty conventionalities by more fashionable artists."

a native or inhabitant of the United States

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

plural of “artist” — a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

From this reading "Let us abolish these pictures altogether," they say: "and illustrate the books with pretty conventionalities by more fashionable artists."

a formal organization of people or groups of people

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

possessive form of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

offering little or no hope

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

a shelf on which to keep books

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

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From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

plural of “caricature” — a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

possessive form of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

plural of “city” — a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

a timepiece that shows the time of day

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

include or contain; have as a component

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

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From this reading "Let us abolish these pictures altogether," they say: "and illustrate the books with pretty conventionalities by more fashionable artists."

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

plural of “critic” — a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

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From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

a state in which you want to learn more about something

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

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From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

past form of “deem” — keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

a word used in exclamations of confusion

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

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From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

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From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

earlier in time; previously

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

king of Northumbria who was converted to Christianity (585-633)

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

to the same degree (often followed by “as”)

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

plural of “expectation” — belief about (or mental picture of) the future

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

well known or easily recognized

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

something many people believe that is false

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

being or in accordance with current social fashions

From this reading "Let us abolish these pictures altogether," they say: "and illustrate the books with pretty conventionalities by more fashionable artists."

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From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

English social anthropologist noted for studies of primitive religion and magic (1854-1941)

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

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From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

the aggregate of past events

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

clarify by giving an example of

From this reading "Let us abolish these pictures altogether," they say: "and illustrate the books with pretty conventionalities by more fashionable artists."

plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

an artist who makes illustrations (for books or magazines or advertisements etc.)

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

not capable of being separated

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

serving to open or begin

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading "Let us abolish these pictures altogether," they say: "and illustrate the books with pretty conventionalities by more fashionable artists."

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

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From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

plural of “lover” — a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

(New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

an artist of consummate skill

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading "Let us abolish these pictures altogether," they say: "and illustrate the books with pretty conventionalities by more fashionable artists."

common to or shared by two or more parties

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

a bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century)

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

not any; not one

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

a brief written record

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

plural of “note” — a brief written record

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882)

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

plural of “piece” — a separate part of a whole

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

represented graphically by sketch or design or lines

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

From this reading "Let us abolish these pictures altogether," they say: "and illustrate the books with pretty conventionalities by more fashionable artists."

challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

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From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

past form of “reprint” — print anew

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

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From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

express in words

From this reading "Let us abolish these pictures altogether," they say: "and illustrate the books with pretty conventionalities by more fashionable artists."

give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

Queen of England as the third wife of Henry VIII and mother of Edward VI (1509-1537)

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

do one's shopping

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

plural of “sketch” — preliminary drawing for later elaboration

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

a male human offspring

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

in or at that place or location

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading "Let us abolish these pictures altogether," they say: "and illustrate the books with pretty conventionalities by more fashionable artists."

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "Let us abolish these pictures altogether," they say: "and illustrate the books with pretty conventionalities by more fashionable artists."

United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989)

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

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From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

acceptable for a long time

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

a person who changes location

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

From this reading TITLE DESIGN _By Gordon Thomson_ SKETCHES BY BOZ 34 _Illustrations by Fred Barnard_ THE PICKWICK PAPERS 57 " " _Phiz_ OLIVER TWIST 28 " " _J. Mahoney_ NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES 9 " " _Fred Barnard_ THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 39 " " _Charles Green_ BARNABY RUDGE 46 " " _Fred Barnard_ AMERICAN NOTES 10 " " _A. B. Frost_ MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 59 " " _Fred Barnard_ CHRISTMAS BOOKS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ PICTURES FROM ITALY 8 " " _Gordon Thomson_ DOMBEY AND SON 62 " " _Fred Barnard_ DAVID COPPERFIELD 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 15 " " _J. McL.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

not conducive to commercial success

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "Let us abolish these pictures altogether," they say: "and illustrate the books with pretty conventionalities by more fashionable artists."

acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.

in the company of; together with

From this reading "Let us abolish these pictures altogether," they say: "and illustrate the books with pretty conventionalities by more fashionable artists."

buildings for carrying on industrial labor

From this reading Ralston_ BLEAK HOUSE 61 " " _Fred Barnard_ HARD TIMES 20 " " _H. French_ LITTLE DORRIT 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ REPRINTED PIECES 9 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ A TALE OF TWO CITIES 25 " " _Fred Barnard_ UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER 26 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ GREAT EXPECTATIONS 30 " " _F. A. Frazer_ OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 58 " " _J. Mahoney_ CHRISTMAS STORIES 23 " " _E. G. Dalziel_ EDWIN DROOD 12 " " _Luke Fildes_ LIFE OF DICKENS 28 " " _Fred Barnard_ INTRODUCTORY NOTE THERE is one question upon which the critics and lovers of Dickens seem never able to get into agreement, and that is the question of the original illustrations to his works.

Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading To the thorough-going enthusiast Phiz and Dickens seem inseparable, and no edition which does not contain the old, familiar grotesques of Hablot Browne's imagination, or, in the earlier volume, the equally abnormal lineaments portrayed by Cruikshank or Seymour, would be deemed worthy of a place upon his bookshelf.

used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father

From this reading But a younger generation is growing up, for whom the time-honoured pictures have not the charm of long association, and among them it is common to hear the complaint that the natural humour and pathos of the author's best works are spoiled to modern fancy by the violent caricatures of the illustrator.