Notable figures of letters and misfortune recalled
A reflective survey recounts literary lives and trials. It notes defiant careers, financial woes, and health collapses of writers like Lamb, DeQuincy, and Burton, alongside dramatic anecdotes about Johnson, Laud, and Caryl. It also touches on Childish cravings, medical quirks, and global curiosities from Mexico to Egypt, ending with license debates and oddities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Johnson
Robert Burton
Charles Laud
Ife
Wordsworth
Hood
DeQuincy
Talfourd
Leigh Iunt
Southey
Mary
Joseph C. Neal
Philadelphia
Lamb
Thomas DeQuincy
Forney
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Atiens Business Directory
Reed Golden
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Athens
Ohio
Aoltly
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Norton's
Main St
W. Sparrow
Silvas
Geo. H. Garpenter, M. DD
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A. B. Frame
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Bullett
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Will G. Cool R
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Ve Teu
Sr Omce Corner
Union Entreete
Wynesite
K. Blackstone's
Ante
Physicians & Surgeons
Allealls
J. E. Edmundson
Pitteburs
Silvus
Eee Taare Cornell
Hotels
Cornell
Attiens, Ohio
Frank Cornell & Son
Cianame Choc
Chen
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F.corneli
Walnut Street
Sid and 7Th
Cincinnati
Burton &Stein
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Erner
Friend
Fourth Streets
Columbus
Upton & Phelps
Herge
Ted States Hotel
COR
WGI & Town Strestr
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Dennison, Carter & Brown
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Main
Ohto
McOwen
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Filler
J. 4
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Zanesville
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Weat
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John W. Work
Logan
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