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...I played one of the moft merry tunes, ' and that procured me riot only a lodging, but fubfiftence ' for the next day. I once or twice attempted to play for ' people of fafhion ; but they always thought my perform' ance odious, and never rewarded me even with a trifle....

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...'bouse toward nightfall," he used to say, " I played one of my most merry " tunes ; and that generally procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day : but, in truth, (his constant expression) I must " own, whenever I attempted to entertain persons...

...and Germany. " "Whenever I approached," he used to say, '- a peasant's house towards night fall, I played one of my most merry tunes ; and that procured...not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day ; but in truth (his constant expression) I must own, whenever I attempted to entertain persons of a...

...fubfiftence for the next day. " I once or twiee attempted to play to people of " fafhion, but they ftill thought my performance " odious, and never rewarded me even with a " trifle." His claffical learning procured him also entertainment at the monafteries, efpecially thofe of the,...

...to" wards night-fall,'" he used to say, " I played one of ' my most merry tunes, and that generally procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next ' day : but, in truth" (his constant expression; " 1 roust own, whenever I attempted to entertain persons...

...house towards nightfall," he used to say, " I played one of my most merry tunes, and that generally procured me not only a lodging, but subsistence for the next day; " but in truth," his constant expression, " I must own, whenever I attempted to entertain persons of...

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