My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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... give , as it is at least original , from a tombstone at Lowestoft , Suffolk- " In memory of CHARLES WARD , Who died May , 1770 , Aged 60 . A dutiful Son , a loving Brother , and an affectionate Husband . This Stone is not erected by ...
... give , as it is at least original , from a tombstone at Lowestoft , Suffolk- " In memory of CHARLES WARD , Who died May , 1770 , Aged 60 . A dutiful Son , a loving Brother , and an affectionate Husband . This Stone is not erected by ...
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... give : your power is due To wealth not worth : by intrigue you have risen . " In faded ink and very old handwriting ... gives my first . " I myself believe the answer to be " cut - purse " —a Shake- spearean word in common use in the ...
... give : your power is due To wealth not worth : by intrigue you have risen . " In faded ink and very old handwriting ... gives my first . " I myself believe the answer to be " cut - purse " —a Shake- spearean word in common use in the ...
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... give a short account of my father's appearance and character . In a miniature of himself , painted just before his marriage , when he was thirty - five years old , he is repre- sented in a blue coat with gilt buttons , a white waistcoat ...
... give a short account of my father's appearance and character . In a miniature of himself , painted just before his marriage , when he was thirty - five years old , he is repre- sented in a blue coat with gilt buttons , a white waistcoat ...
Page 16
... one or two short poems in the usual didactic style of the period , but of no special merit . I will , however , give here the only two of these that my mother had preserved , and which are , no doubt MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS 17.
... one or two short poems in the usual didactic style of the period , but of no special merit . I will , however , give here the only two of these that my mother had preserved , and which are , no doubt MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS 17.
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... give a brief outline of my school life at Hertford and of the schoolmaster who taught me . The school itself was built in the year 1617 , when the school was founded . It consisted of one large room , with a large square window at each ...
... give a brief outline of my school life at Hertford and of the schoolmaster who taught me . The school itself was built in the year 1617 , when the school was founded . It consisted of one large room , with a large square window at each ...
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