. Shepp's Literary world: containing the lives of our noted American and favorite English authors. Together with choice selections from their writings . ixteen yearsold. Miss Pinkerton majes-tically, and with a littlespeech, made her a presentof a doll—which was, bythe way, the confiscatedproperty of Miss Swindle,discovered surreptitiouslynursing it in school-hours. How the father anddaughter laughed as theytrudged home togetherafter the evening party;and how Miss Pinkertonwould have raged had sheseen the caricature of her-self which the little mimic,Rebecca, managed to makeout of her doll. Be
. Shepp's Literary world: containing the lives of our noted American and favorite English authors. Together with choice selections from their writings . ixteen yearsold. Miss Pinkerton majes-tically, and with a littlespeech, made her a presentof a doll—which was, bythe way, the confiscatedproperty of Miss Swindle,discovered surreptitiouslynursing it in school-hours. How the father anddaughter laughed as theytrudged home togetherafter the evening party;and how Miss Pinkertonwould have raged had sheseen the caricature of her-self which the little mimic,Rebecca, managed to makeout of her doll. Beckyused to go through dia-logues with it; it formedthe delight of NewmanStreet, Gerard Street, andthe artists quarters; andthe young painters, whenthey came to take their gin-and-water with their lazy,dissolute, clever, jovialsenior, used regularly toask if Miss Pinkerton was at home. Once Rebecca had the honor to passa few days at Chiswick, after which she broughtback Jemima, and erected another doll as Miss Jemmy; for though that honest creature hadmade and given her jelly and cake enough forthree children, and a seven-shilling piece at part-. Becky Sharp. ing, the girls sense of ridicule was far strongerthan her gratitude, and she sacrificed Miss Jemmyquite as pitilessly as her sister. WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY. 64:: THOMAS NEWCOME The Newcomes. j|0, weeks passed away, during which ourdear old friend still remained with mind was gone at intervals, but wouldrally feebly ; and with his consciousness returned ■ W ^ ^D 9 ■ ^^^#^ [ ^fA ^^^^^^H ^^^^^H ^R^/#v!i I -^^J ^^^H ^^^^^^1 ^^ftLilpIr ^wfPl 1^^ ^^^^^M ^^^^^^^^Bl ^^KS^TT TSi-^H Hni^E^^^^^I j^^^^^^^HI ^^^KM f^^M B^^H^^^^^^B ^H^^^^^^^H ^ISk Ib nS^BB sHju^^^^^H ^H^^^^H K^fll ^H E^I^^H H^^^l I^^^^^^^kV^ ^^^1 ^H| B^^^^Bi ^H iri^i^y^^^^i^^i ^^l^^^^^^^^^l ■ ;i*^^^S m ^^1W ^L f ^^^^^^M H ^^^^M^K.^J^^^H ^^^1^1 * vr m H^^l ^^Hil|^^^ty^^^^^^HI 1 B 1 1 1 Colonel Newcome. his love, his simplicity, his swee
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