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...same building to Samuel and Ebenezer Hall, who there published the N. E. Chronicle and Essex Gazette. In 1780, Stoughton Hall was torn down, as it was pronounced unsafe on account of the poor masonry. It was begun in 1698 and finished two years later, at the cost of L1000, given by Lieutenant-Governor William Stoughton...
...insensible Miss B. for now I have seen the finest creature that ever was formed, la belle Irlandaise. Figure to yourself a young lady just sixteen, formed like a Grecian nymph, with the sweetest countenance, full of sensibility, accomplished, with a Dublin education-her father with an estate of L1000 a year, and above L10,000 in ready money. From morning till night, I admire the charming Mary Anne. Upon my honor I was never so much in love; I never was before in a situation to which there was not some objection, but here every flower is united...
...Barchester Towers," which, in the opinion of some of the best judges of our time, are by far his best works. He was paid L250 for "The Three Clerks," and L400 for "Dr. Thorne." He began to run into four figures with "Framley Parsonage," for which he received L1000; and his highest price was L3500, for "Can You Forgive Her ?" The highest sum that was paid to Miss Edgeworth for one of her incomparable Irish stories was L250. Lord Lytton is believed to have cleared L80,000 by his novels. It is a fact that Mr. Colburn's readers reported...
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