Letters to an American familyWith an introdby Lucy WBaxter and original drawings by Thackeray . e ^ * . , f r - ~rhf- hand with the claret-pitcher ready for him, was ^A established arrangement before a lecture. Hewould sometimes stop in the midst of the desul-tory conversation then in progress, and roll outin a deep voice, with an exaggerated accent, theopening sentences of the lecture next to be de-livered, making us all laugh at his comic dis-taste for the performance. He did not like thelecture platform, and had it not been for theabundant shower of American dollars, assur-ing the future of
Letters to an American familyWith an introdby Lucy WBaxter and original drawings by Thackeray . e ^ * . , f r - ~rhf- hand with the claret-pitcher ready for him, was ^A established arrangement before a lecture. Hewould sometimes stop in the midst of the desul-tory conversation then in progress, and roll outin a deep voice, with an exaggerated accent, theopening sentences of the lecture next to be de-livered, making us all laugh at his comic dis-taste for the performance. He did not like thelecture platform, and had it not been for theabundant shower of American dollars, assur-ing the future of the much-loved daughters, hewould doubtless have refused many of the in-vitations which came to him from all parts ofthe country. Indeed, his letters will show thathe was often sorely tempted to throw up hisengagements and run off to England by thenext steamer. He entered with great interest into all our plansand amusements, and on one occasion, when myeldest brothers costume for a juvenile fancy ballwas under discussion, he took pen and paperas he sat chatting among us, and drew little CO.
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