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The Works of Thomas Love Peacock
Peacock, Thomas Love (1785-1866)
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VOLUME ONE HEADLONG HALL
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VOLUME TWO MELINCOURT
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VOLUME THREE NIGHTMARE ABBEY AND MAID MARIAN
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VOLUME FOUR THE MISFORTUNES OF ELPHIN AND CROTCHET CASTLE
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VOLUME FIVE GRYLL GRANGE
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VOLUME SIX POEMS
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VOLUME SEVEN POEMS AND PLAYS
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The Works of Thomas Love Peacock
Now the First of the James's complained of the heat,
And seemed ill at ease on his ricketty seat;
It proved, when examined (which made them all stare),
A gunpowder barrel instead of a chair.
James the First.
The gunpowder plot, 5th November, 1605.
The Works of Thomas Love Peacock