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... Matrhall read a paper befonr the members of this society, On modern novelists, eips. cially with reference to the works iof Charles Dickens.' J. H. Shaw, Esq., occupied the chair. After some apologetoalo remarks, explanatory of the circuenstauces under which ...

Published: Thursday 05 April 1860
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1656 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

FENIANISM

... read, but bring the matter to ans issue by immediately arresting Charles Dickehe and f holding hins as a hostage for the captured Train. Here iR a direct road out of the difliculty. Dickens and Train are both great talkers, each has an immflens3 t idea ...

Published: Tuesday 04 February 1868
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1413 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

THE PRIZE GOBLET AWARDED

... a series of insolent Personal letters to Mr Charles Dickens, informing him, sl2oB¢ other things, that as these articles were suppressed through jealousy, he, Soutbey, would make a public ex- E“N of Mr Dickens's transaction in a published letter, to dt-aw:nufl ...

Published: Saturday 30 December 1865
Newspaper: Leeds Evening Express
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 742 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LOCAL AND GENERAL

... by means ' of a dose of morphine, of Mrs. A. N. Dickens, widow of g the brother of Charles Dickens; ' and say that depression y of spirits, due to poverty, was the cause of the act. Dar- a 'ag Mr. Dickens's last visit to this country certain western vi ...

Published: Wednesday 13 January 1869
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 7975 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

SUPPLEMENT TO THE T

... Phillips, who had been called upon assume that poeition in consequence of the unavoidable absence Charles Dickens,the president of the institution. Mr Charles Dickens had been long announced to take the chair on the occasion, but the illness which unfortunately ...

An Impudent Thief.—At the Worship street (London) Police-court, on Thursday, a man named Clark was charged with ..

... searched the pockets of all the victims, in order, as he expressed it, not to be robbed. Ax Old Story Re-told by Mr. Dickens.—Mr. Charles Dickens presided at the annual diuner of the Railway Benevolent Society, on Wednesday night, and in proposing the toast ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1867
Newspaper: Leeds Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1835 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

BRADFORD

... we are nearly always treated to the same unvarying dish of buffoonery from some of the high coloured caricatures from Charles Dickens's novels, the whole following each other in rapid succession and scarcely with a link in the shape of remark to bind them ...

Published: Saturday 17 October 1868
Newspaper: Leeds Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2755 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

An Impudent Thief.—At the Worship street (London) Police-court, on Thursday, a man named Clark was charged with ..

... searched the pockets of all the victims, in order, as he expressed it, not to be robbed. Ax Old Story Re-told by Mr. Dickens.—Mr. Charles Dickens presided at the annual diuner of the Railway Benevolent Society, on Wednesday night, and in proposing the toast ...

Published: Wednesday 08 May 1867
Newspaper: Leeds Times
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1835 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

LONDON WOOL SALES

... for 14 days. Violent Assault, —Robert Powell placed the bar answer a charge of acaault preferred a person named Charles Willsher, Dickens Street, New Wortley. It seemed that the complainant was near the Wellington station Monday night, when the prisoner ...

LOCAL AND GENERAL

... HoIsson, h Tarnton, 3: E. Scott, bi Robinson, 2; B. H IWend, b Dickens, 56; S. France. c Darnte,, b Ivy. 34; H. Horner, ran oert, 36; lion. (L. Lascellies, rcn out, 1; AV. Wright, c. Ifalton I Dickens, 2; A. Faewkes, feg before wicket, 20; Denison, c Robinson ...

Published: Tuesday 22 July 1862
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2056 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

LOCAL AND OTHER NEWS

... good novel, proceeded to consider the leading characteristics of works of Charles Dickens, and what be conceived to be tbeir merits and demerits, justifying his selection of Dickens instead any other novelist, becausemore than half amillion copiesof bis ...

Published: Saturday 07 April 1860
Newspaper: Leeds Intelligencer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 4461 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE LEEDS MERCURY

... vindictive proceeding against Mn. CHARLES DICKENS, the distinguished novelist, has just conic to light through an investigation made before the ?? istrates atRochester. On Saturday night it was expected that Mr. Dickens would proceed in his carriage from ...

Published: Wednesday 18 June 1862
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2465 | Page: 2 | Tags: News