My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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... period , I have not been able to ascertain what was his busi- ness . His father , however , my mother's grandfather , who died in 1797 , aged 80 , was for many years an alderman , and twice Mayor of Hertford ( in 1773 and 1779 ) , as ...
... period , I have not been able to ascertain what was his busi- ness . His father , however , my mother's grandfather , who died in 1797 , aged 80 , was for many years an alderman , and twice Mayor of Hertford ( in 1773 and 1779 ) , as ...
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... period , as a fairly well - to - do , middle - class gentleman . After the marriage in 1807 he lived in Marylebone , and his ordinary household expenses , of course , increased ; and as by 1810 he had two children and the prospects of a ...
... period , as a fairly well - to - do , middle - class gentleman . After the marriage in 1807 he lived in Marylebone , and his ordinary household expenses , of course , increased ; and as by 1810 he had two children and the prospects of a ...
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... period . The plate is stated at the foot to be " Published for the Proprietor , May 1st , 1811 , " four years after my father's marriage . It shows that the work must have been of large quarto size , in no way of a popular character ...
... period . The plate is stated at the foot to be " Published for the Proprietor , May 1st , 1811 , " four years after my father's marriage . It shows that the work must have been of large quarto size , in no way of a popular character ...
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... the family left Usk in that year , and lived at Hertford for the next nine or ten years , removing to Hoddesdon in 1837 or 1838 , where my father died in 1843 . These last fifteen years of his life were a period 12 MY LIFE.
... the family left Usk in that year , and lived at Hertford for the next nine or ten years , removing to Hoddesdon in 1837 or 1838 , where my father died in 1843 . These last fifteen years of his life were a period 12 MY LIFE.
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... period of great trouble and anxiety , his affairs becoming more and more in- volved , till at last the family became almost wholly dependent on my mother's small marriage settlement of less than a hun- dred a year , supplemented by his ...
... period of great trouble and anxiety , his affairs becoming more and more in- volved , till at last the family became almost wholly dependent on my mother's small marriage settlement of less than a hun- dred a year , supplemented by his ...
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