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Page 670
... half writing , half reading , half idleness till evening . I have laid aside smoking much ; & now , unless tempted by company , rarely take a segar . I was frightend by a species of fit 1 The photostat has " services . " 2 Letters on ...
... half writing , half reading , half idleness till evening . I have laid aside smoking much ; & now , unless tempted by company , rarely take a segar . I was frightend by a species of fit 1 The photostat has " services . " 2 Letters on ...
Page 718
... half past nine , then work till half past nine , then sup on porridge & milk , and so to bed . The work is half done . If any [ one ] asks what time I take to think on the composition , I might say , in one point of view , it was seldom ...
... half past nine , then work till half past nine , then sup on porridge & milk , and so to bed . The work is half done . If any [ one ] asks what time I take to think on the composition , I might say , in one point of view , it was seldom ...
Page 721
... half . But after these there come the ffollowing set of novels which are entirely my own Saint Ronan's well , Tales of Crusaders , Ist Chronicles , Anne of Geiersn . Red Gauntlet , Woodstock , 2 Chronicles , Count Robert , · · 3 volumes ...
... half . But after these there come the ffollowing set of novels which are entirely my own Saint Ronan's well , Tales of Crusaders , Ist Chronicles , Anne of Geiersn . Red Gauntlet , Woodstock , 2 Chronicles , Count Robert , · · 3 volumes ...
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