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lie must find a place in London. It is the 

 kind aunt who fills his purse with a temporary 

 supply. 



The following letter relates the difficulties 

 of finding work : 



"... It is now four months since I last 

 saw you, and during that time I have unre- 

 mittingly endeavoured to get money by all 

 the fair means I could think of. Scarcely a 

 day has passed without making some attempt, 

 or without maturing some plan, and yet all of 

 them, as if by some kind of fate, have failed. 

 I have written all sorts of things. Very few 

 were rejected, but none brought any return. 

 I have endeavoured to get employment, but 

 there is none within reach. My old place 

 has been filled up for months, and I could 

 not recover it without resorting to unfair 

 means, unless by some unforeseen accident. 

 The other two papers here are sufficiently sup- 

 plied with reporters, and though ready enough 

 to receive my writings, don't pay a farthing. 

 There remains a paper at Marlborough to 

 which I applied. They were quite ready to 



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