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Page 422
... November 2. - I was a little bilious to - night - no wonder . Had sundry letters without any power of giving my mind to answer them - one about Gourgaud with his nonsense . I shall not trouble my head more on that score . Well , it is a ...
... November 2. - I was a little bilious to - night - no wonder . Had sundry letters without any power of giving my mind to answer them - one about Gourgaud with his nonsense . I shall not trouble my head more on that score . Well , it is a ...
Page 436
... November 24. - Wrote at review in the morning . I have made my revocation of the invitation for Monday . For myself it will give me time to work . I could not get home to - day till two o'clock , and was quite tired and stupid . So I ...
... November 24. - Wrote at review in the morning . I have made my revocation of the invitation for Monday . For myself it will give me time to work . I could not get home to - day till two o'clock , and was quite tired and stupid . So I ...
Page 774
... November 26. - I visited my old and much respected friend , Mr. John Hookham Frere , and was much gratified to see him the same man I had always known him , - become perhaps a little indolent but that's not much . A good Tory as ever ...
... November 26. - I visited my old and much respected friend , Mr. John Hookham Frere , and was much gratified to see him the same man I had always known him , - become perhaps a little indolent but that's not much . A good Tory as ever ...
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