My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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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 his 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 prospect of a ...
... period , as a fairly well - to - do , middle - class gentleman . After his 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 prospect of a ...
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... period . The plate is stated at the foot to be " Pub- lished 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 " Pub- lished 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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... 1837 or 1838 , where my father died in 1843. These last fifteen years of his life were a period of great trouble and anxiety , his affairs becoming more and more involved , till at last the family became almost 12 [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
... 1837 or 1838 , where my father died in 1843. These last fifteen years of his life were a period of great trouble and anxiety , his affairs becoming more and more involved , till at last the family became almost 12 [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
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... periods of idle- ness between one job and another , it was about as much as my brother could do to earn our living and travelling expenses . About the time I went to live with my brother my sister Fanny entered a French school at Lille ...
... periods of idle- ness between one job and another , it was about as much as my brother could do to earn our living and travelling expenses . About the time I went to live with my brother my sister Fanny entered a French school at Lille ...
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