PoemsMoxon, 1860 - 306 pages |
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Page xvii
... father , and preached at the Meeting House on the Green . But his father wished for him in his business , and took him as a clerk to Cornhill with his brother Thomas . Samuel's health at this time was not good ; he was troubled with ...
... father , and preached at the Meeting House on the Green . But his father wished for him in his business , and took him as a clerk to Cornhill with his brother Thomas . Samuel's health at this time was not good ; he was troubled with ...
Page xviii
... father was engaged in the political whirl of a contested election at Coventry , and afterwards in Parliament to retain his seat on a petition against his return . Samuel was then on his duties as a clerk in the banking - house ; but he ...
... father was engaged in the political whirl of a contested election at Coventry , and afterwards in Parliament to retain his seat on a petition against his return . Samuel was then on his duties as a clerk in the banking - house ; but he ...
Page xxi
... father , and they dined every day together at the table of Mr. Olding , who lived over the business . Their elder brother , Daniel , had left home for Cam- bridge and Lincoln's Inn ; their younger brother , Henry , was a boy at school ...
... father , and they dined every day together at the table of Mr. Olding , who lived over the business . Their elder brother , Daniel , had left home for Cam- bridge and Lincoln's Inn ; their younger brother , Henry , was a boy at school ...
Page xxii
... father's eyes . He seized every opportunity of becoming ac- quainted with men of letters ; and in this wish his father was glad to help him . His literary friends at this time were chiefly among the Presbyterians ; such as his next ...
... father's eyes . He seized every opportunity of becoming ac- quainted with men of letters ; and in this wish his father was glad to help him . His literary friends at this time were chiefly among the Presbyterians ; such as his next ...
Page xxvi
... father died ; and it was during the anxiety of his last illness that Mr. Rogers wrote the lines ' In a Sick Chamber , ' beginning , ' There , in that bed so closely curtained round , ' Worn to a shade , and wan with slow decay , ' A father ...
... father died ; and it was during the anxiety of his last illness that Mr. Rogers wrote the lines ' In a Sick Chamber , ' beginning , ' There , in that bed so closely curtained round , ' Worn to a shade , and wan with slow decay , ' A father ...
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