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Page 13
... John Dickens was given a clerkship in the Navy Pay Office . John Dickens began at £ 70 a year and was in time increased to £ 350 . But he had always had the tastes of a gentleman . He was an amiable fellow , with an elegant manner and a ...
... John Dickens was given a clerkship in the Navy Pay Office . John Dickens began at £ 70 a year and was in time increased to £ 350 . But he had always had the tastes of a gentleman . He was an amiable fellow , with an elegant manner and a ...
Page 14
... John Dickens was arrested for debt and taken to the Marshalsea Prison , announcing , as he left the house : " The sun has set upon me forever ! " At home the food began to run low ; and they had to pawn the household belongings till all ...
... John Dickens was arrested for debt and taken to the Marshalsea Prison , announcing , as he left the house : " The sun has set upon me forever ! " At home the food began to run low ; and they had to pawn the household belongings till all ...
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... John Jasper as he must have been conceived by Dickens . The most important revelation about Edwin Drood has been made by Mr. Howard Duffield , who published an article called John Jasper - Strangler in The American Bookman of February ...
... John Jasper as he must have been conceived by Dickens . The most important revelation about Edwin Drood has been made by Mr. Howard Duffield , who published an article called John Jasper - Strangler in The American Bookman of February ...
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