London and Its Celebrities: A Second Series of Literary and Historical Memorials of London, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1850 |
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... having gone to a bookseller , sold it for sixty pounds . I brought Goldsmith the money , and he discharged his rent , not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill . " From Wine - 202 MEMORIALS OF LONDON .
... having gone to a bookseller , sold it for sixty pounds . I brought Goldsmith the money , and he discharged his rent , not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill . " From Wine - 202 MEMORIALS OF LONDON .
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| Title | London and Its Celebrities: A Second Series of Literary and Historical Memorials of London, Volume 2 London and Its Celebrities: A Second Series of Literary and Historical Memorials of London, John Heneage Jesse |
| Author | John Heneage Jesse |
| Publisher | R. Bentley, 1850 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 29 Oct 2007 |
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