The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Extracts and Masterpieces from Their Writings, Comprising the Best Features of Many Celebrated Compilations, Notably the Guernsey Collection, the De Puy Collection, the Ridpath Collection, All Carefully Rev. and Arranged by a Corps of the Most Capable Scholars, Volume 8John Clark Ridpath Globe publishing Company, 1898 - Literature |
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... and her younger brother Horace took household matters into their own hands . Not without the consent of their father --who in all practical affairs was as helpless as an infant - they took a pretty cottage at Lasswade , THOMAS DE QUINCEY.
... and her younger brother Horace took household matters into their own hands . Not without the consent of their father --who in all practical affairs was as helpless as an infant - they took a pretty cottage at Lasswade , THOMAS DE QUINCEY.
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... Lasswade , seven miles from Edinburgh . That , of course , re- quired money ; but this was not wanting . Where it came from we can only guess ; certainly not from De Quincey's own scanty earnings as a mag- azinist ; most likely from his ...
... Lasswade , seven miles from Edinburgh . That , of course , re- quired money ; but this was not wanting . Where it came from we can only guess ; certainly not from De Quincey's own scanty earnings as a mag- azinist ; most likely from his ...
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... Lasswade cottage . One room was set apart for him , where he could work day and night to his heart's content . The evenings , or the intervals between his daily work- ing time and his nightly working time or stroll , were spent in the ...
... Lasswade cottage . One room was set apart for him , where he could work day and night to his heart's content . The evenings , or the intervals between his daily work- ing time and his nightly working time or stroll , were spent in the ...
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... Lass- wade . On the 4th of December , his daughter , Mrs. Craig , was summoned from Ireland . She arrived just in time to be recognized and wel- comed by her dying father . He passed away in the morning of the 8th , having been in a ...
... Lass- wade . On the 4th of December , his daughter , Mrs. Craig , was summoned from Ireland . She arrived just in time to be recognized and wel- comed by her dying father . He passed away in the morning of the 8th , having been in a ...
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