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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
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Wrecked Lives ; Or, Men who Have Failed

William Henry Davenport Adams - Biography - 1880 - 388 pages
...expense of these miserable shelters, roaming the inhospitable streets until he was weary, and lying down in the summer upon " a bulk," or in the winter, with wretches as poor as himself, among the ashes of a glass-house.* " In this manner," exclaims the novelist,...
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English Literature in the Eighteenth Century

Thomas Sergeant Perry - Literary Criticism - 1883 - 500 pages
...own fault: " 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,...till he was weary, and lay down in the summer upon the bulk, or in the winter, with his associates in poverty, among the ashes of a glass-house." During...
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English Literature in the Eighteenth Century

Thomas Sergeant Perry - Literary Criticism - 1883 - 490 pages
...own fault: " 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,...of the rabble, and sometimes, when he had not money ••• " r t even the expenses of these receptacles, walked u "K till he was weary, and lay down...
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The life and adventures of Peg Woffington, Volume 2

Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - Theater - 1884 - 326 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,...streets till he was weary, and lay down, in the summer, on a bulk, or in the winter, with his associates in poverty, among the ashes of a glass house. ' In...
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The Life and Adventures of Peg Woffington; with Pictures of the ..., Volume 2

Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - Theater - 1884 - 324 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,...most profligate of the rabble, and sometimes, when ho had not money to support even the expenses of these receptacles, walked about the streets till ho...
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The Life and Adventures of Peg Woffington, Volume 2

Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - Theater - 1885 - 306 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,...streets till he was weary, and lay down, in the summer, on a bulk, or in the winter, with his associates in poverty, among the ashes of a glass house. ' In...
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The Life and Adventures of Peg Woffington

Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - Actresses - 1887 - 378 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,...receptacles, walked about the streets till he was wenry, and lay down, in the summer, on a bulk, or in the winter, with his associates in poverty, among...
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Johnson's Lives of the Poets, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1890 - 474 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 Life and Adventures of Peg Woffington: With Pictures of the Period in ...

Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - Actors - 1897 - 362 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,...streets till he was weary, and lay down, in the summer, on a bulk, or in the winter, with his associates in poverty among the ashes of a glass-house. "In this...
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Lives of the English Poets: Smith-Savage

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1905 - 456 pages
...entertainment. 223 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 3, among the riot and filth of the meanest and most profligate of the rabble ; and sometimes, when...
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