Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), Volume 1Ticknor and Fields, 1861 - 531 pages |
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... night's lodging in a cellar , walking about the streets till he was weary , and sleeping in the summer upon a bulk or in the winter amongst the ashes of a glass - house . He was Savage's associate on more than one occasion of the sort ...
... night's lodging in a cellar , walking about the streets till he was weary , and sleeping in the summer upon a bulk or in the winter amongst the ashes of a glass - house . He was Savage's associate on more than one occasion of the sort ...
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... night on fruit to stuff , He vowed his belly never had enough . " Mr. Thackeray relates , in his " Irish Sketches , " that on his ask- ing for currant - jelly for his venison at a public dinner , the waiter replied , " It's all gone ...
... night on fruit to stuff , He vowed his belly never had enough . " Mr. Thackeray relates , in his " Irish Sketches , " that on his ask- ing for currant - jelly for his venison at a public dinner , the waiter replied , " It's all gone ...
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... night in anxiety and pain . " When people could be induced to sit up with him , they were often amply com- pensated by his rich flow of mind ; but the resulting sacrifice of health and comfort in an establishment where this sitting up ...
... night in anxiety and pain . " When people could be induced to sit up with him , they were often amply com- pensated by his rich flow of mind ; but the resulting sacrifice of health and comfort in an establishment where this sitting up ...
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... night with one another , with his negro - servant , or with himself . In one of his letters to Mrs. Thrale , he says , " Williams hates everybody : Levet hates Desmoulins , and does " It's weel wi ' you gentles that can sit in the house ...
... night with one another , with his negro - servant , or with himself . In one of his letters to Mrs. Thrale , he says , " Williams hates everybody : Levet hates Desmoulins , and does " It's weel wi ' you gentles that can sit in the house ...
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... 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 much attention , and would not wish for more than can be spared ...
... 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 much attention , and would not wish for more than can be spared ...
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