Famous houses and literary shrines of London (1912)
Adcock, Arthur St. John, 1864-1930, Adcock, Frederick · London, J.M. Dent & sons, ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & co. · leaf 228
well as with diffidence. As youwould expect of the man who wrote Sandford andMerton, he had no sense of humour; and his small-pox-pitted face and unattractive air and manner toldso much against him that he was rejected emphati-cally by the first one or two women he proposed to.Withal, as was also… … Thomas D/iy. A PHILOSOPHER, ETC. 191 theory ; anyhow, he persistently advocated simplicityin dress and living, and was determined to find a wifewho shared these tastes, who should, moreover, befond of literature and moral philosophy, simple asa mountain girl in her dress, diet, and manners,…
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