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" The repetitions of which I speak were always attended with applause, and sometimes with favours more substantial ; little collections were now and then made, and I have received sixpence in an evening. To one who had long lived in the absolute want of... "
The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis - Page xvi
by Juvenal - 1803
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Satires

Juvenal - 1802 - 574 pages
...of which I speak were always attended with applause, and sometimes with favours more substantial : little collections were now and then made, and I have...Peruvian mine. I furnished myself by degrees with paper, 8cc. and what was of more importance, with books of geometry, and of the higher branches of algebra,...
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Public characters [Formerly British public characters] of 1798-9 ..., Volume 5

1803 - 614 pages
...repetitions of which I speak were always attended with applause, and sometimes with favours more substantial: little collections were now and then made, and I have...sixpence in an evening. To one who had long lived in the absokitc want ol money, such a resource seemed like a Peruvian mine. I furnished myself by degrees...
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The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, tr. into Engl. verse, by W. Gifford ...

Juvenal - 1806 - 578 pages
...repetitions of which I speak were always attended with applause, and sometimes with favours more substantial: little collections were now and then made, and I have...the absolute want of money, such a resource seemed a Peruvian mine: I furnished myself by degrees with paper, Sec. and what was of more importance, with...
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The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis and of Aulus Persius Flaccus

Perse, Juvénal - Latin poetry - 1817 - 596 pages
...of which I speak were always attended with applause, and sometimes with favours more substantial : little collections were now and then made, and I have...the absolute want of money, such a resource seemed a Peruvian mine : I furnished myself by degrees with paper, &c. and what was of more importance, with...
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Autobiography: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing ..., Volume 11

Autobiographies - 1830 - 340 pages
...of which I speak were always attended with applause, and sometimes with favours more substantial : little collections were now and then made, and I have...the absolute want of money, such a resource seemed a Peruvian mine : I furnished myself by degrees withfpaper, &c., and what •was of more importance,...
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Autobiography, a Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing ..., Volume 11

1827 - 330 pages
...repetitions of which I speak were always attended with applause, and sometimes with favours more substantial: little collections were now and then made, and I have...the absolute want of money, such a resource seemed a Peruvian mine: I furnished myself by degrees with paper, &c., and what was of more importance, with...
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The Table Book, Volume 1

William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 452 pages
...of which I speak were always attended with applause, and sometimes with favours more substantial : little collections were now and then made, and I have...the absolute want of money, such a resource seemed a Peruvian mine : I furnished myself by degrees with paper, &c., and what was of more importance, with...
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The Table Book, Volume 1

William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 390 pages
...always attended with applause, and sometimes with favours more substantial : little collections were DOW and then made, and I have received sixpence in an...the absolute want of money, such a resource seemed a Peruvian mine : I furnished myself by degrees with paper, &c., and what was of more importance, with...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 97, Part 1; Volumes 141-142

Early English newspapers - 1827 - 730 pages
...of which I speak were always attended with applause, and sometimes with favours more substantial : little collections were now and then made, and I have...To one who had long lived in the absolute want of the most liberally rewarded : he had, besides, a very numerous family, which Icit him little for the...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 97

English essays - 1827 - 728 pages
...applause, and sometimes wiih favours more substantial : little collections were now and then made, and J have received sixpence in an evening. To one who had...the absolute want of money, such a resource seemed a Peluvian mine: I furnished myself by degrees with paper, &c. and, what was of more importance, with...
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