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... passed my early childhood was Stratton Park in Hampshire , where Lord and Lady Russell passed many happy years ; but when I was about eight years old Stratton was sold by my uncle Francis , Duke of Bedford , and Oakley in Bedfordshire ...
... passed my early childhood was Stratton Park in Hampshire , where Lord and Lady Russell passed many happy years ; but when I was about eight years old Stratton was sold by my uncle Francis , Duke of Bedford , and Oakley in Bedfordshire ...
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... passing their holidays at Oakley , came home either to Woburn or London . In the year which followed his accession to the title , and 1 I have found on the last page of an old MS . book a list of the boys at Dr. Moore's school , Sunbury ...
... passing their holidays at Oakley , came home either to Woburn or London . In the year which followed his accession to the title , and 1 I have found on the last page of an old MS . book a list of the boys at Dr. Moore's school , Sunbury ...
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Sir Spencer Walpole. • These poems were chiefly written after their author had passed out of Dr. Cartwright's charge . In February 1805 he entered on a new phase of his singular education . He was sent to the house of Mr. Smith , the ...
Sir Spencer Walpole. • These poems were chiefly written after their author had passed out of Dr. Cartwright's charge . In February 1805 he entered on a new phase of his singular education . He was sent to the house of Mr. Smith , the ...
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... passed in which the boys did not lose or win some bet either with their tutor or with one another . Here are Lord John's accounts for the last ten days of March 1805 : - 21. Won of Tavistock . s . d . 28. Bet with Mr. Smith Oranges and ...
... passed in which the boys did not lose or win some bet either with their tutor or with one another . Here are Lord John's accounts for the last ten days of March 1805 : - 21. Won of Tavistock . s . d . 28. Bet with Mr. Smith Oranges and ...
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... passing a very happy life . Compared with other boys , indeed , he was backward in his studies . He only began to learn the Greek alphabet on reaching Woodnesboro ' , and he only commenced reading Virgil in February 1806 . Thursday ...
... passing a very happy life . Compared with other boys , indeed , he was backward in his studies . He only began to learn the Greek alphabet on reaching Woodnesboro ' , and he only commenced reading Virgil in February 1806 . Thursday ...
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Page viii - After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith.