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Willis, Nathaniel Parker (1806-1867)
  
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DASHES AT LIFE WITH A FREE PENCIL. PART I; HIGH LIFE IN EUROPE, AND AMERICAN LIFE.
  
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PREFACE.

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HIGH LIFE IN EUROPE.
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LEAVES FROM THE HEART-BOOK OF ERNEST CLAY
 1. 
CHAPTER I.
 2. 
CHAPTER II.
 3. 
CHAPTER III.
 4. 
CHAPTER IV.
 5. 
CHAPTER V.
 6. 
CHAPTER VI.
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CHAPTER VII.
 8. 
CHAPTER VIII.
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CHAPTER IX.
  
THE MARQUIS IN PETTICOATS.
  
“BEAUTY AND THE BEAST;” OR, HANDSOME MRS. TITTON AND HER PLAIN HUSBAND.
  
BROWN'S DAY WITH THE MIMPSONS.
  
MR. AND MRS. FOLLETT; OR, THE DANGERS OF MEDDLING WITH MARRIED PEOPLE.
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THE COUNTESS NYSCHRIEM, AND THE HANDSOME ARTIST.
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II.
  
MY ONE ADVENTURE AS A BRIGAND.
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WIGWAM versus ALMACK'S.
 1. 
CHAPTER I.
 2. 
CHAPTER II.
  
MISS JONES'S SON.
  
LADY RACHEL.
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THE PHANTOM-HEAD UPON THE TABLE.
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CHAPTER I. SHOWING THE HUMILIATIONS OF THE BARRIERS OF HIGH-LIFE.
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CHAPTER II. SHOWING A GENTLEMAN'S NEED OF A HORSE.
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CHAPTER III. SHOWING WHAT MAKES A HORSE-STEALER A GENTLEMAN.
 4. 
CHAPTER IV.
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GETTING TO WINDWARD.
 1. 
CHAPTER I.
 2. 
CHAPTER II.
  
THE WIFE BEQUEATHED AND RESUMED.
  
A REVELATION OF A PREVIOUS LIFE.
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AMERICAN LIFE.
  
COUNT POTT'S STRATEGY.
  
THE FEMALE WARD.
  
TWO BUCKETS IN A WELL.
  
LIGHT VERVAIN.
  
NORA MEHIDY; OR, THE STRANGE ROAD TO THE HEART OF MR. HYPOLET LEATHERS.
  
THE PHARISEE AND THE BARBER.
  
MRS. PASSABLE TROTT.
  
THE SPIRIT-LOVE OF “IONE S—.”
  
MABEL WYNNE.
  
THE GHOST-BALL AT CONGRESS HALL.
  
BORN TO LOVE PIGS AND CHICKENS.
  
THE WIDOW BY BREVET.
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THOSE UNGRATEFUL BLIDGIMSES.
  
THE STORY.
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DASHES AT LIFE WITH A FREE PENCIL.
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PART II; INKLINGS OF ADVENTURE.
  
PREFACE.
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PEDLAR KARL.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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NIAGARA—LAKE ONTARIO—THE ST. LAWRENCE.
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NO. I.—NIAGARA.
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II.—LAKE ONTARIO.
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III.—THE ST. LAWRENCE.
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THE CHEROKEE'S THREAT.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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VI.
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F. SMITH.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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EDITH LINSEY.
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PART I. FROST AND FLIRTATION.
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II.
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PART II. LOVE AND SPECULATION.
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II.
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PART III. A DIGRESSION.
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II.
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III.
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PART IV. SCENERY AND A SCENE.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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SCENES OF FEAR.
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No. I. THE DISTURBED VIGIL.
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No. II. THE MAD SENIOR.
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No. III. THE LUNATIC'S SKATE.
  
INCIDENTS ON THE HUDSON.
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THE GIPSY OF SARDIS.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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VI.
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VII.
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VIII.
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PART II.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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PART III.
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II.
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III.
  
TOM FANE AND I.
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LARKS IN VACATION.
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CHAPTER I. DRIVING STANHOPE PRO TEM.
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II.
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CHAPTER II. SARATOGA SPRINGS.
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II.
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III.
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CHAPTER III. MRS. CAPTAIN THOMPSON.
  
A LOG IN THE ARCHIPELAGO.
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THE REVENGE OF THE SIGNOR BASIL.
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PART I.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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VI.
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PART II.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
  
LOVE AND DIPLOMACY.
  
THE MADHOUSE OF PALERMO.
  
MINUTE PHILOSOPHIES.
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PART III; LOITERINGS OF TRAVEL.
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LADY RAVELGOLD.
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CHAPTER I.
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CHAPTER II.
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CHAPTER III.
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CHAPTER IV.
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CHAPTER V.
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CHAPTER VI.
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PALETTO'S BRIDE.
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CHAPTER I.
 2. 
CHAPTER II.
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VIOLANTA CESARINI.
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CHAPTER I.
 2. 
CHAPTER II.
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CHAPTER III.
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CHAPTER IV.
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CHAPTER V.
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CHAPTER VI.
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PASQUALI, THE TAILOR OF VENICE.
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CHAPTER I.
 2. 
CHAPTER II.
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THE BANDIT OF AUSTRIA.
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CHAPTER II.
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CHAPTER III.
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CHAPTER IV.
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CHAPTER V.
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OONDER-HOOFDEN, OR THE UNDERCLIFF. A TALE OF THE VOYAGE OF HENDRICK HUDSON.
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CHAPTER I.
 2. 
CHAPTER II.
  
THE PICKER AND PILER.
  
KATE CREDIFORD.
  
FLIRTATION AND FOX-CHASING.
  
THE POET AND THE MANDARIN.
  
MEENA DIMITY; OR, WHY MR. BROWN CRASH TOOK THE TOUR.
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THE POWER OF AN “INJURED LOOK.”
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CHAPTER I.
 2. 
CHAPTER II.
 3. 
CHAPTER III.
  
BEWARE OF DOGS AND WALTZING.
  
THE INLET OF PEACH-BLOSSOMS,
  
THE BELLE OF THE BELFRY; OR, THE DARING LOVER.
  
PASSAGES FROM AN EPISTOLARY JOURNAL. KEPT ON A LATE VISIT TO ENGLAND.
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MY ADVENTURES AT THE TOURNAMENT.
  
PRINCIPAL DAY.
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SKETCHES OF TRAVEL.
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CHAPTER I. LONDON.
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CHAPTER II. THE STREETS OF LONDON.
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CHAPTER III. LONDON.
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CHAPTER IV. LONDON.
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CHAPTER V. LONDON.
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CHAPTER VI. LONDON.
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CHAPTER VII. ISLE OF WIGHT—RYDE.
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CHAPTEER VIII. COMPARISON OF THE CLIMATE OF EUROPE AND AMERICA.
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CHAPTER IX. STRATFORD-ON-AVON.
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CHAPTER X. VISIT TO STRATFORD-ON-AVON—SHAKSPERE.
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CHAPTER XI. CHARLECOTE.
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CHAPTER XII. WARWICK CASTLE.
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CHAPTER XIII. KENILWORTH.
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CHAPTER XIV. A VISIT TO DUBLIN ABOUT THE TIME OF THE QUEEN'S MARRIAGE.
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CHAPTER XV. CLOSING SCENES OF THE SESSION AT WASHINGTON.
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CHAPTER XVI. THE INAUGURATION.
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CHAPTER XVII. WASHINGTON IN THE SESSION.
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CHAPTER XVIII. WASHINGTON AFTER THE SESSION.
  
THE FOUR RIVERS. THE HUDSON—THE MOHAWK—THE CHENANGO—THE SUSQUEHANNAH.
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PART IV; EPHEMERA.
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FROM SARATOGA. TO THE JULIA OF SOME YEARS AGO.
  
THE CLOISTER.
  
THE CABINET.
  
THE CABINET.
  
THE CABINET.
  
THE CABINET.
  
THE CABINET.
  
ETIQUETTE OF WEDDING-CARDS.
  
A HUMBUG FAME.
  
AFTER THE OPERA.
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AFTER THE OPERA. A FEW GRAVE REMARKS WHILE SUPPER IS COMING.
  
SECOND GLASS.
  
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
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OLE BULL'S NIAGARA. (AN HOUR BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE.)
  
SUPPER AFTER THE OPERA.
  
BREAKFAST ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.
  
BEHIND THE CURTAIN.
  
WHO ARE THE UPPER TEN THOUSAND?
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THE WEST IN A PETTICOAT.
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CHAPTER I.
  
ARGUMENT FOR SEDAN CHAIRS.
  
BACHELOR BOB'S DISCOVERIES.

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DASHES AT LIFE
WITH A FREE PENCIL.

BY
N. P. WILLIS.

“Armade.

How hast thou purchased this experience?


Moth.

By my penny of observation.”


Shakspere.


THIRD EDITION.
NEW YORK:

J. S. REDFIELD. CLINTON HALL,
CORNER OF NASSAU AND BEEKMAN STREETS.
STEREOTYPED BY REDFIELD AND SAVAGE, 13 CHAMBERS ST., N. Y.

1845.
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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845,
BY N. P. WILLIS,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.
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