Chapter 15

[15.1] _It descends to the shades_: or, in other words, _it goes to the devil_.

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Source

Form: printed book Title: Headlong Hall Author: Thomas Love Peacock Publisher: J. M. Dent & Co. at Aldine House, 69 Great Eastern St., London. Date: 1891 Editor: Richard Garnett, LLD. Printer: Turnbull and Spears, Printers, Edinburgh. British Library Shelfmark: 012611.i.37/1 Description: tan cloth over board binding, 122mm x 184mm x 21mm, 176 pages plus 2 at front and 1 at back

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