Martin is Much Gratified by an Imposing Ceremony
Phiz (Halbot K. Browne)
January 1844
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"I hope my Honourable Friend," said the Gentlemanly Member, of Mr. Pecksniff, "will give me many opportunities of cultivating the knowledge of him, and I may lay to-day two first stones, both belonging to structures which shall last my life!" — Chapter 35
Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit
Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham.
