Sam Smiths scheme turns to boarding school profits
The extract describes Dr Doonuffin and his Acorn House scheme a dramatic satire on a reforming usher’s adventures. It details his rise from linen draper to self styled tutor dealer, his dubious boarders 22 guineas a year, rigid discipline and exploitative fees plus the charity of a elected deacon.
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Monrary Macazine
Colburn
London
Life and Times
Peter Priggins
Sam Smith
Sam
James Jobs
the Lion
Oxford
Cambridge
Doonuffin
Acorn House
Lowborough
Oldeton
Acorn
Bucks and Does
Woodstock
Dr. Doonuffin
the Burks
Tower-hill
Whitechapel
Shoreditch Church
Ranter
Staffordshire
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Wall
Anti-creature-comforts Society
Jamaica
Whistlers
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Destruction of the Calcutta Theatre by Fire
A lengthy report records the total destruction by fire of the Chowringhee Theatre in Calcutta after decades of service. It details the quick spread from the stage to all interiors, the failed efforts of fire brigades led by Captain Birch and Mr Justice McMahon, and the devastation of scenery, wardrobe, and the theatre’s precious library. It notes the financial blow to proprietors, the Chester family’s destitution, and the theatre’s uninsured status.
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Huon
Madame Vestris
Jove
Alcibiades
Vining
C. St. Janzs
Drury-lane
Ballet
Mons. Silvain
Colin
Mademoiselle Guichard
Lise
Academie Royale
Mademoiselle Magdalen Yatzkofska
Warsaw
Shield
Hayaanxet Theatre
Butwen
la Ville d’Enfer
Davidge
Allery
Yarmouth
Jack Sheppard
Ainsworth
Newgate
Chowringhee Theatre
Thespis
Chester
F. Birch
Justice M'Mahon
Beef Steak Club
Mr. Chester
Musard
Lanner
Des Rosenden
M. Laurent
Harper and Baumann
Spohr
Philharmonic
Sebastian Bach
Mozart
Munich
Vienna
Don Giovanni
Pellegrini
Baron de Kusaner
Paris
Hamenex House
Hampden
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Isnda
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Ince
Naronson
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London
Westminster
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Nezin
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Loudon
Peter
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