Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 342
se livelihood is precarious, and whoseprinciples are exposed to the trial of severe distress.All the vices of the gambler and of the beggar wereblended with those of the author. The prizes in thewretched lottery of book-making were scarcely lessruinous than the blanks. If good fortune came, itcame… … 310 Men Who Have Risen guineas. He hastened to enjoy those luxuries with theimages of which his mind had been haunted while hewas sleeping amidst the cinders and eating potatoes atthe Irish ordinary in Shoe Lane. A week of tavernssoon qualified him for another year of night-cellars. Such was the…
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