John Leech Artist And Humorist a Biographical Sketch
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All they ask is to have the same immunity from the annoyances of street music as the rest of the community have from dustmen's bells, post-horns, and other unnecessary disturbances. The objection to street noises is not a matter of taste. It involves the progress of honest labour and the avoidance of great mental affliction. "Apologising for the liberty I have taken, " Believe me, yours faithfully, "M. T. Bass, Esq. , M. P. " "MABK LEMOX. Upon LEECH'S return to his London home, in the autumn of... 1864, although in better health, he was still strangely susceptible to noise, and spoke with more than his usual earnestness, with something even of passionate entreaty in his tones, about the sufferings which the street-organs gave him, and about the smallness of the sympathy which he received from people who have to work their brains in a mere routine. Although the malady, known in English as breast-pang, from which he suffered, is a very dangerous one, and is said to destroy life by causing spasm of the heart ; and although it was neces- sary to warn LEECH against all excitement as riding, quick walk- ing, and overwork it was not supposed that he was in imme- diate danger ; and if he could only find rest and freedom from anxiety, great hopes were entertained of his recovery.
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