THE WORKS

OF

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

IN TWENTY-SIX VOLUMES

VOLUME XXIII

THE FOUR GEORGES

AND

THE ENGLISH HUMOURISTS

LONDON

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THE

FOUR GEORGES

AND

THE ENGLISH HUMOURISTS

OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

BY

WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR

FRANK DICKSEE, LINLEY SAMBOURNE, F. BARNARD
FREDERICK WALKER, AND G. A. SALA

LONDON

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