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" He lodged as much by accident as he dined, and passed the night sometimes in mean houses which are set open at night to any casual wanderers, sometimes in cellars, among the riot and filth of the meanest and most profligate of the rabble... "
The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp]. - Page 52
edited by - 1864
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...entertainment. "-V He lodged as much by accident as he dined, nncl passed the night sometimes in mean houses, which are set open at night to any casual wanderers,...in cellars, among the riot and filth of the meanest aud most profligate of the rabble ; and sometimes, when he had not money to support even the expences...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...entertainment. He lodged as much by accident as he dined, and passed the night sometimes in mean houses, which are set open at night to any casual wanderers,...sometimes, when he had not money to support even the expences ol ihese racept.icles, walked about the streets till he was weary, and lay down in the summer...
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The Poetical Works of Richard Savage: With the Life of the Author

Richard Savage - English poetry - 1805 - 284 pages
...entertainment. He lodged as much by accident as he dined, and passed the night, sometimes in mean houses, which are set open at night to any casual wanderers,...sometimes, when he had not money to support even the expences of these receptacles, walked about the streets till he was weary, and lay down in the summer...
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The Lives of the Most Celebrated English Poets, with Criticisms. Extracted ...

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...the night sometimes in mean house?, which are set open at night to any casual wanderers, •ometimes in cellars among the riot and filth of the meanest...sometimes, when he had not money to support even the expences of those receptacles, walked about the streets till he was weary, and lay down in the summer...
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A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives and ...

Stephen Jones - Biography - 1805 - 470 pages
...mean houses, wbicb are &et open for any casual wanderers ; sometimes in cellars, arooog the riot ,md filth of the meanest and most profligate of the rabble; and sometimes, when he was totally without money, walked about the streets tilt he was weaiy, and Jay down in the summer upon...
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Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Volume 1

George Gregory - Books and reading - 1808 - 352 pages
...sentence I might have cited as a very fine example of climax. After relating that Savage in his distress " walked about the streets till he was weary, and lay down in summer upon a bulk, or in the winter with his associates in poverty, among (he ashes of a glass-house,"...
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Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden. Tickell. Hammond ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 464 pages
...entertainment. He lodged as much by accident as he dined, and passed the night sometimes in mean houses, which are set open at night to any casual wanderers,...the rabble ; and sometimes, when he had not money to sup|,ort even the expenses of these receptacles, walked about the streets till he was weary, and lay...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Lansdowne, Yalden ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...variety of his conversation would have been thought a sufficient recompense« for his entertainment. among the riot and filth of the meanest and most profligate of the rabble ; and somctiines, when he had not money to support even lire expenses of these receptacles, walked about...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 11

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 562 pages
...entertainment. He lodged as much by accident as he dined, and passed the night sometimes in mean hpuses, which are set open at night to any casual wanderers, sometimes in cellar* among the riot and filth of the meanest and most profligate of the rabble ; and sometimes,...
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Works, Volume 10

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 380 pages
...entertainment. He lodged as much by accident as he dined, and passed the night sometimes in mean houses, which are. set open at night to any casual wanderers,...in cellars, among the riot and filth of the meanest aritl most profligate of the rabble ; and sometimes, when h« had not money to support even the expenses...
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