Suppressed plates, wood engravings, &c., together with other curiosities germane thereto; being an account of certain matters peculiarly alluring to the collector (1907)
Layard, George Somes, 1857-1925 · London : A. and C. Black · leaf 231
Iortons creations, INIrs.Grundy. It is to be found in the first edition ofthe immortal Vicar of Wakefield as pictured byiNIr. Hugh Thomson. And in ^ entering ourprotest against the deference w^iich has in thisinstance been shown to prudishness, we must atthe same time admiringly recognise the… … owe our immunity from what would often shockeven the moral olfactories of her elders. Surely, however, the tender morals which couldbear to read of Thornhills attempted seduction ofOlivia could not logically find offence in the MISCELLANEOUS 173 charming little conceit, which by its suppressionhas…
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