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They had been formed at a period when he was frequently subjected to the worst
extremities of humiliating poverty and want . He describes Savage , without
money to pay for a night ' s lodging in a cellar , walking about the streets till he
was ...
They had been formed at a period when he was frequently subjected to the worst
extremities of humiliating poverty and want . He describes Savage , without
money to pay for a night ' s lodging in a cellar , walking about the streets till he
was ...
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Though used from morn to night on fruit to stuff , He vowed his belly never had
enough . ” Mr . Thackeray relates , in his “ Irish Sketches , " that on his asking for
currant - jelly for his venison at a public dinner , the waiter replied , “ It ' s all gone
...
Though used from morn to night on fruit to stuff , He vowed his belly never had
enough . ” Mr . Thackeray relates , in his “ Irish Sketches , " that on his asking for
currant - jelly for his venison at a public dinner , the waiter replied , “ It ' s all gone
...
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I lie down that my acquaintance may sleep ; but I lie down to endure oppressive
misery , and soon rise again to pass the night in anxiety and pain . ” When people
could be induced to sit up with him , they were often amply compensated by his ...
I lie down that my acquaintance may sleep ; but I lie down to endure oppressive
misery , and soon rise again to pass the night in anxiety and pain . ” When people
could be induced to sit up with him , they were often amply compensated by his ...
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This picture of Johnson ' s interior is true in the main , when it is added that the
inmates of his house were quarrelling from morning to night with one another ,
with his negro - servant , or with himself . In one of his letters to Mrs . Thrale , he
says ...
This picture of Johnson ' s interior is true in the main , when it is added that the
inmates of his house were quarrelling from morning to night with one another ,
with his negro - servant , or with himself . In one of his letters to Mrs . Thrale , he
says ...
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I do not know that I was ever content with a single perusal . . . . . . My nights are
grown again very uneasy and troublesome . I know not that the country will mend
them ; but I hope your company will mend my days . Though I cannot now expect
...
I do not know that I was ever content with a single perusal . . . . . . My nights are
grown again very uneasy and troublesome . I know not that the country will mend
them ; but I hope your company will mend my days . Though I cannot now expect
...
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| Title | Autobiography Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1 |
| Author | Hester Lynch Piozzi |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 4 May 2010 |
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