The book The Choice of Books, And Other Literary Pieces was written by author Harrison, Frederic, 1831-1923 Here you can read free online of The Choice of Books, And Other Literary Pieces book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Choice of Books, And Other Literary Pieces a good or bad book?
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thy con- tributor out-herods Herod, and beggars all previous description of haul ton. The Court Newsman grows pale with envy ; Jenkyns of the Morning Plush is awed. Thy hebdomadal competitors do reverence to their peerless rival. \A march. " Eoyalty, followed by the imperial presence of am- bassadors, and escorted by a group of dazzling duchesses and paladins of high degree, was ushered with courteous pomp by the host and hostess into THE ROMANCE OF THE PEERAGE. 157 a choice saloon, hung with r...ose-coloured tapestry and illumined by chandeliers of crystal, where they were served from gold plate." Curtain falls, amidst Catharine wheels, red and blue fire, electric light, etc. etc. etc. 1 Shade of the late George Eobins of the Hammer, greatest of auctioneers, here is a greater than thou in unctuous description of all kinds of upholstery ! Greatest of all Editors of Trans-atlantic newspapers, here is taller talk than in the wildest of thy dreams, which is to thy best vein as is thy own Niagara to a gutter, or thy Wellingtonia gigantea to a gooseberry bush !
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