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 | | Peacocks nomination appears to have been due to the influence of his old schoolfellow Peter Auber, secretary to the East India Company, and the papers he prepared as tests of his ability were returned with the comment, Nothing superfluous and nothing wanting. |
 | | Peacock speaks as well in his own person as through his puppets; and his pithy wit and sense, combined with remarkable grace and accuracy of natural description, atone for the primitive simplicity of plot and character. |
 | | Peacocks works were collected, though not completely, and published in three volumes in 1875, at the expense of his friend and former protg, Sir Henry Cole, with an excellent memoir by his granddaughter Mrs Clarke, and a critical essay by Lord Houghton. |
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