William Makepeace Thackeray
Published: 2017-12-20
Total Pages: 378
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Excerpt from The Christmas Books of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh: Mrs. Perkins's Ball; Our Street; Dr. Birch; The Kickleburys on the Rhine; The Rose and the Ring; Ballads I don't know even the Mulligan's town residence. One night, as he bade us adieu in Oxford Street, - I live there, says he, pointing down towards Uxbridge, with the big stick he carries - so his abode is in that direction at any rate. He has his letters addressed to several of his friends' houses, and his parcels, &c. Are left for him at various taverns which he frequents. That pair of checked trousers, in which you see him attired, he did me the favour of ordering from my own tailor, who is quite as anxious as anybody to know the address of the wearer. In like manner my hatter asked me, 00 was the Hirish gent as 'ad ordered four 'ats and a sable boar to be sent to my lodgings? As I did not know (however I might guess), the articles have never been sent, and the Mulligan has withdrawn his custom from the infernal four-and-nine-penny scoundthrel, as he calls him. The hatter has not shut up shop in consequence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.