Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches
At the request of my friend Lord Russell of Killowen, then Attorney-General, I delivered this lecture at the Morley Hall, Hackney, on December 13th, 1893. I had previously delivered it in the city of York at the request of some of my constituents. I feel that some apology is r...
At the request of my friend Lord Russell of Killowen, then Attorney-General, I delivered this lecture at the Morley Hall, Hackney, on December 13th, 1893. I had previously deliv...
2. Chapter 2"I knew another man--let me see--forty years ago now--who took an old, damp, rotten set of chambers in one of the most ancient Inns, that had been shut up and empty for years an...
3. Chapter 3"I remember, gentlemen," said Mr. Pell, "dining with him on one occasion. There was only us two, but everything as splendid as if twenty people had been expected--the great seal...
4. Chapter 4"Of this man Pickwick I will say little; the subject presents but few attractions; and I, gentlemen, am not the man, nor are you, gentlemen, the men, to delight in the contempla...