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‘repeat the operation until the whole intended quantity be passed. Thus shall you retain all the
‘fragrance of its perfume, all the gusto of its flavour, with all the balsamic and stimulating powers of its
‘essence; and obtain in a few moments — without the aid of hartshorn shavings, isinglass, white of eggs,
‘or any of the trash with which, in the common mode of preparation, it is mixed ... this is the true Parisian
‘mode of preparing coffee: the invention of it is due to Monsieur De Belloy, nephew to the cardinal of the
‘same name’ — had just finished the last line at 1 1/4 — very fine, mild day — then copying out from my
tables memoranda of accounts till 1 35/60 — then packing and siding till 3 1/2 —
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about 3 hours’ sleep last night — down to breakfast at 8 3/4 — had done breakfast at 9 — Off at 9 10/60, Mr. Charles Lawton M- [Mariana] and I
in the Britska and Christopher in the Rumble behind — alighted at the Royal Hotel or new Bridgewater arms, Manchester
at 1 1/4 — went to Ollivants and the Fish market, and sauntered about — M- [Mariana] and I to be off by the mail this evening at 8, I to go with M- [Mariana] to York and return by the morning
mail tomorrow — Mr. Charles Lawton therefore left us on his way home again at 3 10/60 — walked about — shopping — went to see the
panorama of the battle of Navarino — too late — the lights just extinguished — then went to a bookseller’s shop — bought
Hutton’s arithmetic and Book-keeping, and staid some time reading in No. [number] 4, foreign quarterly review, the very favourable review
of Niebuhr’s history of Rome — first translated by Black in 2 volumes 8vo. [octavo] — lastly and better translated by some one else
in 1 large volume 8vo. [octavo] 15/. — a quarrel among the editions of the foreign Quarterly, so 2 periodicals of the same sort, or
on the same sort of plan — the foreign quarterly published by Trütel and Wurtz the best — Came in at 5 1/4 — quite
dusk — dinner ordered at 5 — sat down to it at 5 1/2 — M- [Mariana] had had a bad head-ache all the day — looked
very ill at dinner and got worse and worse till I thought she would have fainted — quite unfit to travel all
night — got her upstairs at 8, and into bed as fast as I could — had coffee, and this seemed to do her good — I myself
hurried into bed glad enough to get there — As ssoon as L [Charles Lawton] went told π [Mariana] I thought her unfit to to go this evening she
agreed and without my advising or not decided to stay all night and we took our places by the mail
at nine tomorrow morrow morning mine only to Halifax — Double bedded room but would sleep together
very fine day — but coldish in an open carriage —
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Made one bed ddo for us last night π [Mariana] poorly but better grubbled her a little right middle finger up
but did not attempt to go near her myself. Breakfast at 8 1/2 — off in the mail at 9 — Had it all to ourselves
to H-x [Halifax], stopt at the White lion at 12 3/4 — M- [Mariana] rather better and promises to return with Mr. Charles Lawton who
will probably go over to Dr. Belcombe’s funeral, and return the day after — in this case, I must make the best of my
time at Shibden or thought of going with M- [Mariana] as far as Malton, spending a day at Langton, and getting back on
Friday — sat with M- [Mariana] 6 or 7 minutes till the horses were changed and had had a sandwich in the mail, then left
her — walked up the old bank, and got home at 1 10/60 — Mr. Robinson my father’s attorney from South Cave had arrived about
1/2 hour before, and all were busy in the drawing room about the title to the Market Weighton estate — very defective — likely
to have much trouble about it — Mr. Robinson to sleep here tonight, and perhaps tomorrow night — just saw him for a
minute or 2, then thinking they would all do much better without me, set off to Lightcliffe at 1 3/4 —
there in 1/2 hour — found Mr. and Mrs. William Priestley at dinner — Sent to say I would go into them think this was not quite
what was wished there being only one dished of stewed beef like small beef steaks on the table and after
wards a basin baked apple pudding but I so well praised these dishes that all were set at ease
and we did very well Basin baked apple pudding and cold roast beef so well stewed 2 or 3 hours in a pot with
good gravy and onions in the oven, that I should not have known (from its tenderness) it had been cooked before —
Mrs. Carter of Yew cottage (Daniel Nicoll’s daughter formerly of Lower Place) drank tea with us, and Mr. Hassey (a Russian)
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born at Sarepta near Astracan, but brought up from ætatis 11 in Germany, came soon after dinner and staid
all night — he is teacher of music, drawing, and languages at the Moravian establishment at Fulneck, 5 or 6
miles from Leeds — Sang and played very fairly in the evening some of Latrobe’s sacred music, anthems and chants — wants
to persuade Mr. William Priestley to go abroad for a couple of months next summer — embark at Goole per steam in 2 days or 36
hours for Hamburgh — thence to Munich and Vienna, thence to Dresden (thence make a little excursion into Bohemia and Lusatia
the Swisserland of Germany — the mountains and Elbe scenery there very fine) then Leipzig, and then along the Rhine —
embark at Bon — Dresden a stylish good place for a family and for education, but for the latter
Leipzig he thought the best town in Germany — Mrs. Carter who went away between 8 and 9 said she should be very glad if I would call and see her
some time — her mother (still living) always inquired very particularly after my aunt — a tray brought in (sandwiches
ginger cakes gingerbread wine and whiskey for me) brought in about 9 1/4 — Mr. Priestley read prayers a little after 10 — came
upstairs at 10 3/4 — nothing can be more friendly and attentive than the Priestleys — In walking along this afternoon
met Miss Hudson of Hipperholme’s servant who said she was bringing me a parcel and letter — took the
latter — 5 ppages from Miss Maclean dated from Mr. Long’s Harley Street 41. October 27 — Miss Hudson has been staying with him
in his house, and he wants Miss MacLean to take her place — She is old enough to make her doing so quite correct —
However, she seems to have nous enough to think otherwise, and recollect that the world would think otherwise —
Speaks of him as an ‘affectionate friend’ and of his purity and innocence of mind and says I never had such a rival swallows him whole
I think he said he would ask me to go and stay with him too that Miss MacLean might have no excuse and she
longs for me to hasten to town to make his acquaintance I am not so easily taken with
a man esteemed a quack whatever may be his talents I have my way to make in society and cann
ot identify myself with Mr Long she likes Miss Hudson’s unassuming manners — very fine day —
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Early breakfast on account of Mr. Hassey’s going away soon — down at 8 — wrote 3 ppages to Miss MacLean gently
diffusely, prettily, yet decidedly no! She must not go to Mr. Long’s as a visitor and inmate the world
would surely not approve my whole letter on this ssubject except to say how I arrived yesterday M- [Mariana] gone
to Scarborough wish she might find her father still alive — date my letter Shibden — and send it off by
1 of Mrs. Priestley’s errand girls at 10 25/60 to ‘Miss Maclean of Coll Honourable lady Stuart’s Whitehall, London’
then read a little of Gray’s letters to West from abroad — (Mason’s edition of Gray’s works 2 volumes 12mo. [duodecimo] volume 1st) —
Mr. Gray and Mr. Walpole made an excursion from Lyons to the Grand Chartreuse near the town of [illegible] Echelles (very
fine alpine or mountain scenery) thence by Chambery and Annecy to Geneva — one had best take it in the way
from Lyons to Mont Cenis and Turin — Mrs. Priestley and I went out about 11 3/4 — to Cliffhill, sat 1/2 hour with Miss
Walker — ate some of Miss Walker’s (of Crownest) bridecake who was married yesterday week to a Captain
Sutherland H. P. from the 92nd Highlanders — his mother and 3 sisters live at Inverness — bought his company
5 or 6 months ago, and retired — said to be of the Countess of Sutherland’s (Marchioness of Stafford) family — Who knows?
Just as we were coming away, Mrs. Briggs, and 2 of her daughters in law? came in — just shook hands with Mrs. Briggs
and off — then walked by Lidget to Hipperholme and called and sat about 1/2 hour with Miss Hudson — looking very ill — said
she had just had a letter from Miss MacLean enclosing one for me which she gave me — I did not say more about Miss
MacLean than seemed necessary — hoped be a case in favour of Mr. Long; if so, it would do him much service — yes!
said Miss Hudson her connections so good — ‘her letter is franked by the duke of Wellington’ — as if that was much — I just
looked at the envelope, without making any remark — but on Miss Hudson’s turning to the letter saw that was 3 ppages and the ends and the 1st page crossed!
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