Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 / 2008-06-26 00:00:00

EBOOK ENGLISH NOTEBOOKS, V1 ***


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PASSAGES FROM THE ENGLISH NOTE-BOOKS
OF
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

VOL. II.



PASSAGES FROM HAWTHORNE'S ENGLISH NOTE-BOOKS.

LONDON.--MILTON-CLUB DINNER.

April 4th, 1856.--On Tuesday I went to No. 14 Ludgate Hill, to dine with
Bennoch at the Milton Club; a club recently founded for dissenters,
nonconformists, and people whose ideas, religious or political, are not
precisely in train with the establishment in church and state. I was
shown into a large reading-room, well provided with periodicals and
newspapers, and found two or three persons there; but Bennoch had not yet
arrived. In a few moments, a tall gentleman with white hair came in,--a
fine and intelligent-looking man, whom I guessed to be one of those who
were to meet me. He walked about, glancing at the periodicals; and soon
entered Mr. Tupper, and, without seeing me, exchanged warm greetings with
the white-haired gentleman. "I suppose," began Mr. Tupper, "you have
come to meet--" Now, conscious that my name was going to be spoken, and
not knowing but the excellent Mr.
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