"Living Large"

[Garson O'Toole]

Thanks to the initiator and commentators on this intriguing discussion
thread. Special thanks to Victor and Doug for sharing some fascinating
citations that I am certain were tricky to locate.
Garson

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net> wrote:
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>  From G-books:
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> 1841: <<He was always buying, and living large; but that can't last for
> ever.>>
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> http://tinyurl.com/3p7lthx
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> 1853: <<Did I tell you that I was dependent upon her for all my
> prospects, and that I was living large upon the prospective "cutting up"
> of old Terry Pinn?>>
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> http://tinyurl.com/3vnhr2v
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> "1952" (untrustworthy Google Books date): <<For it is not as if these
> Basuto were living large and free.>>
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> http://tinyurl.com/3jc352q
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> Here is an intermediate date:
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>  From Hathi Trust:
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> [1914] (date from library catalogue): <<When money was plentiful he
> lived large and drank between drinks as long as he was able to stand on
> his feet.>>
>
> Patrick MacGill, _Children of the Dead End: The Autobiography of an
> Irish Navvy_ (Dutton [New York]), pp. 102-3
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> [Note that the title with "... an Irish Navvy" appears in the book while
> the library catalogue shows only "... a Navvy".]
>
> -- Doug Wilson
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