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Page 27
... father's death , he writes , " My father des- tined me , while yet a little child , for the study of humane letters . Both at the grammar- school and at home , he caused me to be in- structed daily . " These sentences summarily describe ...
... father's death , he writes , " My father des- tined me , while yet a little child , for the study of humane letters . Both at the grammar- school and at home , he caused me to be in- structed daily . " These sentences summarily describe ...
Page 60
... father's house , now however no longer in Bread - street , but at a villa which his father had taken at some distance from the bustling metropolis . " At my father's country residence , " he himself informs us , " whither he had retired ...
... father's house , now however no longer in Bread - street , but at a villa which his father had taken at some distance from the bustling metropolis . " At my father's country residence , " he himself informs us , " whither he had retired ...
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... father's somewhat unwilling con- sent , and leaving his country in a still more unsettled and threatening condition than ever , in April , 1638 , he bade England and his friends adieu for a time , and crossed the channel into France ...
... father's somewhat unwilling con- sent , and leaving his country in a still more unsettled and threatening condition than ever , in April , 1638 , he bade England and his friends adieu for a time , and crossed the channel into France ...
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