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English Eccentrics and Eccentricities

by John Timbs

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CONTENTS.

The Beckfords and Fonthill 1

Alderman Beckford's Monument Speech in Guildhall 19

Beau Brummel 22

Sir Lumley Skeffington, Bart 36

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Contents

  1. Front Matter
  2. Page
  3. Strange Sights and Sporting Scenes
  4. Theatrical Folks
  5. Men of Letters
  6. Convivial Eccentricities
  7. Miscellanea
  8. Page
  9. English Eccentrics
  10. Walton-on-Thames, August, 1842
  11. Index
  12. Transcriber's Note

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