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Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and consequently left him
to the care of his mother ; whom Wood represents as struggling earnestly to
procure hiin a literary education , and who , as she lived to the age of cighty , had
her ...
Whoever he was , he died before the birth of his son , and consequently left him
to the care of his mother ; whom Wood represents as struggling earnestly to
procure hiin a literary education , and who , as she lived to the age of cighty , had
her ...
Page 77
That he lived without prayer can hardly be affirmed ; his studies and meditations
were an habitual prayer . The ' neglect of it in his family was probably a fault for
which he condemned himself , and which he intended to correct , but that death ...
That he lived without prayer can hardly be affirmed ; his studies and meditations
were an habitual prayer . The ' neglect of it in his family was probably a fault for
which he condemned himself , and which he intended to correct , but that death ...
Page 133
... and the fine which he was condemned to pay at the detection of his plot ; and if
his estate , as is related in his Life , was sequestered , he had probably
contracted debts when he lived in exile ; for we are told , that at Paris he lived in
splendor ...
... and the fine which he was condemned to pay at the detection of his plot ; and if
his estate , as is related in his Life , was sequestered , he had probably
contracted debts when he lived in exile ; for we are told , that at Paris he lived in
splendor ...
Page 354
The stage found other advocates , and the dispute was protracted through cen
years ; . but at last Comedy grew more modest ; and Collier lived to see che
reward of his labour in the reformation of the theatre . . Of the powers by which
this ...
The stage found other advocates , and the dispute was protracted through cen
years ; . but at last Comedy grew more modest ; and Collier lived to see che
reward of his labour in the reformation of the theatre . . Of the powers by which
this ...
Page 479
Mrs . Johnson had left the country , and lived in lodgings not far from the deanery
. On his . public days she regulated the table ... and pleasantry of his wife . To this
frugal mode of living , he was first disposed by care to pay some debts which ...
Mrs . Johnson had left the country , and lived in lodgings not far from the deanery
. On his . public days she regulated the table ... and pleasantry of his wife . To this
frugal mode of living , he was first disposed by care to pay some debts which ...
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