containing miscellaneous personal notes and memoranda, including "experimental Observations upon the Effects of certain Meats [and] Drinks", "A List of memorables which have occurred in the Course of my Life", "Hints of Plans for advancing my fortune", dated personal reflections containing repeated exhortations to self-discipline and hard work ("...so long as I shall remain unmarried ... to read or write at least 12 Hours each Day in my Profession, to sleep if I can but 3 Hours ... to Exercise 2 Hours to give not more than 3 Hours or at most 4 to Meals...") as well as more cynical observations notably on the House of Lords, a summary record of personal, familial and financial "Events" from 1787 to 1798, ("...[28 April 1789] Lord Chan Lifford died & left me a Legacy of £100 very unexpected & shews the Folly of quarrelling with any body[.] | [In August 1789] I was advanced to the Title of Viscount Clonmell the Marques of Bath having promised me an Earldom and given me a hollow recommendation to that step..."), with summary annual accounts listing receipts and payments from 1778 to 1797, written from both ends, black and red ink, 61 pages, plus blanks, thumb-index, folio, 1775-98, green boards, loss at spine, hinges weak, stubs where at least five leaves have been excised
containing miscellaneous personal notes and memoranda, including "experimental Observations upon the Effects of certain Meats [and] Drinks", "A List of memorables which have occurred in the Course of my Life", "Hints of Plans for advancing my fortune", dated personal reflections containing repeated exhortations to self-discipline and hard work ("...so long as I shall remain unmarried ... to read or write at least 12 Hours each Day in my Profession, to sleep if I can but 3 Hours ... to Exercise 2 Hours to give not more than 3 Hours or at most 4 to Meals...") as well as more cynical observations notably on the House of Lords, a summary record of personal, familial and financial "Events" from 1787 to 1798, ("...[28 April 1789] Lord Chan Lifford died & left me a Legacy of £100 very unexpected & shews the Folly of quarrelling with any body[.] | [In August 1789] I was advanced to the Title of Viscount Clonmell the Marques of Bath having promised me an Earldom and given me a hollow recommendation to that step..."), with summary annual accounts listing receipts and payments from 1778 to 1797, written from both ends, black and red ink, 61 pages, plus blanks, thumb-index, folio, 1775-98, green boards, loss at spine, hinges weak, stubs where at least five leaves have been excised
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