Memoirs of William Stevens, Esq. ...Philanthropic Society, St George's Fields, 1812 - 190 pages |
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... affection may fall , as that more ample justice might have been done to the character of the excellent man , whose life is about to be recorded , that some other person , whose avo- cations are not so pressing and laborious as those of ...
... affection may fall , as that more ample justice might have been done to the character of the excellent man , whose life is about to be recorded , that some other person , whose avo- cations are not so pressing and laborious as those of ...
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... affectionate friendship he enter- tained for the father to the son , Dr. Francis Ran- dolph , and to his daughter , Mrs. Gunning , in the house of which most amiable woman he spent a great part of many of the latter summers of his life ...
... affectionate friendship he enter- tained for the father to the son , Dr. Francis Ran- dolph , and to his daughter , Mrs. Gunning , in the house of which most amiable woman he spent a great part of many of the latter summers of his life ...
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... affections , we may be further com- " forted by considering , that though we for the " " 6 present are losers , yet he whose absence we " lament is infinitely the gainer ; and it is no " small satisfaction to think that those whom we ...
... affections , we may be further com- " forted by considering , that though we for the " " 6 present are losers , yet he whose absence we " lament is infinitely the gainer ; and it is no " small satisfaction to think that those whom we ...
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... affectionate friend . ” It is impossible to conceive any letter written upon such a subject , full of more genuine pathos , and of the best arguments for consolation to the C ? afflicted , with a ready application of the best WILLIAM ...
... affectionate friend . ” It is impossible to conceive any letter written upon such a subject , full of more genuine pathos , and of the best arguments for consolation to the C ? afflicted , with a ready application of the best WILLIAM ...
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... affection , did , indeed , remember his Creator in the days of his youth ; he did possess , in an eminent degree , that pure and humble devotion , which will be had in everlasting remembrance ; and shall one day be proclaimed before men ...
... affection , did , indeed , remember his Creator in the days of his youth ; he did possess , in an eminent degree , that pure and humble devotion , which will be had in everlasting remembrance ; and shall one day be proclaimed before men ...
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