Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, 3. köideCarey and Hart, 1842 |
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Page 66
... Eusebius . The occasion this : -I was present when the said very genteel youth presented the bill for a funeral , a few weeks after my acquaintance had buried his father . I am sure the old gentleman never would have slept with his ...
... Eusebius . The occasion this : -I was present when the said very genteel youth presented the bill for a funeral , a few weeks after my acquaintance had buried his father . I am sure the old gentleman never would have slept with his ...
Page 71
... Eusebius , I send you these particulars , as you have expressed much anxiety on my account . I shall not soon forget my friend " Forty per cent " —and am so thoroughly impressed with a sense of funeral follies and funeral rogueries ...
... Eusebius , I send you these particulars , as you have expressed much anxiety on my account . I shall not soon forget my friend " Forty per cent " —and am so thoroughly impressed with a sense of funeral follies and funeral rogueries ...
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... Eusebius , why may we not make a strong fight against the undertakers ? Let any and all men get their bread by an honest calling . Live , and let live , should be every man's motto ; but it is not theirs . They are , therefore , out of ...
... Eusebius , why may we not make a strong fight against the undertakers ? Let any and all men get their bread by an honest calling . Live , and let live , should be every man's motto ; but it is not theirs . They are , therefore , out of ...
Page 73
... Eusebius , that in cities and popu- lous towns there is too often an under traffic between them and the parochial clergy , so that the items charged are never sent ; a regular cash account being kept be- tween them , to the profit , and ...
... Eusebius , that in cities and popu- lous towns there is too often an under traffic between them and the parochial clergy , so that the items charged are never sent ; a regular cash account being kept be- tween them , to the profit , and ...
Page 74
... Eusebius , one hundred and fifty or sixty pounds from his pockets and his children's , into the pocket of an undertaker , is a very absurd , and at the same time , a very lamentable thing . That sum , bestowed on the edu- cation of his ...
... Eusebius , one hundred and fifty or sixty pounds from his pockets and his children's , into the pocket of an undertaker , is a very absurd , and at the same time , a very lamentable thing . That sum , bestowed on the edu- cation of his ...
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