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Page 229
... dined at the Club to - day at Selkirk , and acted as croupier . There were eighteen dined . Young men chiefly , and of course young talk . But so it has been , will be , and must be . September 13. - Wrote my task in the morning , and ...
... dined at the Club to - day at Selkirk , and acted as croupier . There were eighteen dined . Young men chiefly , and of course young talk . But so it has been , will be , and must be . September 13. - Wrote my task in the morning , and ...
Page 358
... dined with us . Day idle . June 11. - The attendance on the Committee and after- wards the Gn ' meeting of the Oil Gas Company took up my morning , and the rest dribbled away in correcting proofs and trifling ; reading , among the rest ...
... dined with us . Day idle . June 11. - The attendance on the Committee and after- wards the Gn ' meeting of the Oil Gas Company took up my morning , and the rest dribbled away in correcting proofs and trifling ; reading , among the rest ...
Page 670
... Dined at Lord Chief Commissioner's , where we met the New Chief Baron Abercromby and his lady . I thought it was the first time we had met for above forty years , but he put me in mind we had dined one day at John Richardson's . May 26 ...
... Dined at Lord Chief Commissioner's , where we met the New Chief Baron Abercromby and his lady . I thought it was the first time we had met for above forty years , but he put me in mind we had dined one day at John Richardson's . May 26 ...
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