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" Letters" are my bedside books. If I wake at night, I have one or other of them to prattle me to sleep again. They talk about themselves for ever, and don't weary me. I like to hear them tell their old stories over and over again. I read them in the dozy... "
Littell's Living Age - Page 277
1860
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 74

American essays - 1894 - 1020 pages
...breast. Louise Imogen Guiney. IN THE DOZY HOURS. " MONTAIGNE and Howell'a Letters," says Thackeray, " are my bedside books. If I wake at night, I have one or other of tlii-iii to prattle me to sleep again. They talk about themselves forever, and don't weary me. I like...
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The Oxford Thackeray: With Illustrations, Issue 76, Volume 17

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1829 - 754 pages
...than a fourth part of his annual income. ON TWO CHILDREN IN BLACK MONTAIGNE and Hovvell's Letters are my bedside books. If I wake at night, I have one or...prattle me to sleep again. They talk about themselves for ever, and don't weary me. I like to hear them tell their old stories over and over again. I read...
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume 20

William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1869 - 450 pages
...Widower " and " Frair.ley Parsonage." ON TWO CHILDREN IN BLACK. MONTAIGNE and " Howel's Letters" are my bedside books. If I wake at night, I have one or...prattle me to sleep again. They talk about themselves for ever, and don't weary me. I like to hear them tell their old stories over and over again. I read...
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THE WORKS OF WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

S.E.H. CHAMBERS - 1869 - 452 pages
...Widower " and " Framley Parsonage." ON TWO CHILDREN IN BLACK. MONTAIGNE and " Howel's Letters" are my bedside books. If I wake at night, I have one or...prattle me to sleep again. They talk about themselves for ever, and don't weary me. I like to hear them tell their old stories over and over again. I read...
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume 20

William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1869 - 444 pages
...Widower" and "Fraiv.ley Parsonage." ON TWO CHILDREN IN BLACK. MONTAIGNE and " Howel's Letters" are ray bedside books. If I wake at night, I have one or other...prattle me to sleep again. They talk about themselves for ever, and don't weary me. I like to hear them tell their old stories over and over again. I read...
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - 660 pages
...Widower" and " Framley Parsonage." ON TWO CHILDREN IN BLACK. MONTAIGNE and " Howel's Letters " are my bedside books. If I wake at night, I have one or...prattle me to sleep again. They talk about themselves for ever, and don't weary me. I lite to hear them tell their old stories over and over again. I read...
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Miscellanies...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 pages
...and bounds away into the blue water. ON TWO CHILDREN IN BLACK. MONTAIGNE and " Howel's Letters " are my bedside books. If I wake at night, I have one or other of them to prattle me to slcep again. They talk about themselves forever, and don't weary me. I like to hear them tell their...
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Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, and Engravings Belonging to ..., Volume 2

William Menzies - America - 1875 - 526 pages
...LARGE PAPER. Oily -jc^ copies printed. SCARCE. " Montaigne and Howell's Letters are my bed-side books. I like to hear them tell their old stories over and over again. I am informed that both of them tell coarse stories. I don't heed them, it was the custom of their time...
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Roundabout Papers (from the Cornhill Magazine): To which is Added The Second ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - English fiction - 1879 - 380 pages
...the Widower" and " Framley Parsonage." ON TWO CHILDREN IN BLACK. ONTAIGNE and " Howel's Letters" are my bedside books. If I wake at night, I have one or...prattle me to sleep again. They talk about themselves for ever, and don't weary me. I like to hear them tell their old stories over and over again. I read...
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the library journal

leypoldt - 1880 - 370 pages
...for all that he cares for. — RW EMERSON, in Rtfresfniativt Mtn, Montaigne and HoweU's Letters are my bedside books. If I wake at night I have one or...talk about themselves forever, and don't weary me. I fike to hear them tell their old stone« over and over again.— WM THACKERAY. THE THOUGHTS, LETTERS,...
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