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 314
s BirniePhilip brought him a cup of chicken broth, and hecried, Take the damned thing away, and his oldcharm was in the apology that followed, but, he said,if he ate every half-hour or so, as the doctor wanted,how could he be expected to have an appetite fordinner ? He dozed a little, but woke up… … TuRNCRs MouseCHer/ie Wj>lkfredf-/ldcock CHELSEA MEMORIES 271 almost as sad, almost as piteous as Whistlers, but thereis a haze of mystery about them, as there is about someof his paintings, and he had no butterfly past of dandy-ism to contrast painfully with the squalor of his ending.Born over…
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