Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as Related by Herself in Conversations with Her Physician Volume 3; Comprising Her Opinions and Anecdotes of Some of the Most Remarkable Persons of Her Time
Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as Related by Herself in Conversations with Her Physician Volume 3; Comprising Her Opinions and Anecdotes of Some of the Most Remarkable Persons of Her Time
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 Excerpt: ...his fortune, and he was reduced to the necessity of exerting his talents and industry in order to try to maintain his station in life..As he wanted neither, he flattered himself that, from his numerous connexions, he should soon re-establish his affairs: but a fatality seemed to hang over him; for, just as he was about ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 Excerpt: ...his fortune, and he was reduced to the necessity of exerting his talents and industry in order to try to maintain his station in life..As he wanted neither, he flattered himself that, from his numerous connexions, he should soon re-establish his affairs: but a fatality seemed to hang over him; for, just as he was about to begin business again, the plague broke out in the city, and his wife and daughters were among the victims. "Unable to bear the sight of a place where such afflictions had overtaken him, he removed to Beyrout, a seaport of some consequence even at that time, although much more so now, and there, with his son and a faithful servant, he opened a small shop, stocked with such wares as he could procure without much advance of capital. But here again he was unsuccessful; for, his son becoming answerable for the debts of a man who had befriended him, and being unable to pay, his father's little all was disposed of to save him from prison, and by degrees beggary overtook them. He then engaged himself as clerk to a merchant, next turned schoolmaster, until, his sight failing him, he at last became stone-blind, and, in despair, he resolved to quit a country, where, in spite of his exertions, his position every day had grown worse and worse. "Accordingly, he embarked with his son for Damietta in a vessel where there were fourteen passengers besides himself, and among them two divers, people who get a living on these coasts by diving for sponges, which they bring up from the bottom of the sea. It was the winter season, and the weather proved tempestuous. In crossing the bar of Damietta, where the current of the Nile, opposed to the waves of the sea, often makes a dangerous surf, the vessel foundered, and every soul perished, except the old m...
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3 Volume Set of which there are 2 copies of Volume 1 & 2 copies of Volume 3. Beautifully bound in three-quarter brown morroco with raised ridges on spine. Some very slight wear but overall a wonderful set.
