The Paris sketch book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh and eastern sketches, a journey from Cornwall to Cairo, the Irish sketch book and character sketches (1840)
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 · New York : A. L. Burt · leaf 433
Park. All Europeans, indeed, seemed to me to be received with forbearance, and almost courtesy, within the walls. As 1 was going about mak- ing sketches, the people would look on very good-humoredly, without offering the least interruption ; nay, two or three were quite ready to stand still for…
England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
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