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The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon Esq.

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The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon Esq. - Thackeray, William Makepeace
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Book Excerpt: e many other young sons of genteel families to the profession of the law, being articled to a celebrated attorney of Sackville Street in the city of Dublin; and, from his great genius and aptitude for learning, there is no doubt he would have made an eminent figure in his profession, had not his social qualities, love of field-sports, and extraordinary graces of manner, marked him out for a higher sphere. While he was attorney's clerk he kept seven race-horses, and hunted regularly both with the Kildare and ...

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