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Page 5
... father , after school - teaching in various parishes in the neighbourhood , finally settled down in his native place as collector of the salt duties , a post which his father had filled before him . Here as a very young man he married ...
... father , after school - teaching in various parishes in the neighbourhood , finally settled down in his native place as collector of the salt duties , a post which his father had filled before him . Here as a very young man he married ...
Page 6
... father , respecting these early signs of a literary bent in the son , sent him to a small boarding - school at Bungay in the same county , and a few years later to one of higher pretensions at Stowmarket , kept by a Mr. Richard Haddon ...
... father , respecting these early signs of a literary bent in the son , sent him to a small boarding - school at Bungay in the same county , and a few years later to one of higher pretensions at Stowmarket , kept by a Mr. Richard Haddon ...
Page 11
... father's habits and temper were not improving with time . He was by nature imperious , and had always ( it would seem ) been liable to intemperance of another kind . Moreover , a contested election for the Borough in 1774 had brought ...
... father's habits and temper were not improving with time . He was by nature imperious , and had always ( it would seem ) been liable to intemperance of another kind . Moreover , a contested election for the Borough in 1774 had brought ...
Page 13
... father had been a tanner in the Suffolk town of Beccles , where her mother still resided , and where Miss Elmy paid her occasional visits . The long journey from Aldeburgh to Beccles was often taken by Crabbe , and the changing features ...
... father had been a tanner in the Suffolk town of Beccles , where her mother still resided , and where Miss Elmy paid her occasional visits . The long journey from Aldeburgh to Beccles was often taken by Crabbe , and the changing features ...
Page 16
... father was unable to assist him financially , and was disposed to reproach him for forsaking a profession , in the cause of which the family had already made sacrifices . The Crabbes and all their connections were poor , and George ...
... father was unable to assist him financially , and was disposed to reproach him for forsaking a profession , in the cause of which the family had already made sacrifices . The Crabbes and all their connections were poor , and George ...
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