Memoirs of William Stevens, Esq. ...Philanthropic Society, St George's Fields, 1812 - 190 pages |
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... letter to a young friend then at Oxford , now a barrister , dated Feb. 1789 , he says , " It is some " time ago since I learnt French , about forty years , ' ( this carries us back to the year 1749 , when Mr. 66 Stevens was only ...
... letter to a young friend then at Oxford , now a barrister , dated Feb. 1789 , he says , " It is some " time ago since I learnt French , about forty years , ' ( this carries us back to the year 1749 , when Mr. 66 Stevens was only ...
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... letter is dated the 31st August , 1756 , from Bristol Hot Wells . 66 " I thank you for sending a letter to my tenant : you did not forget to urge him to see the work " was well done . I hope it will please my hea- " 6 " " 6 venly ...
... letter is dated the 31st August , 1756 , from Bristol Hot Wells . 66 " I thank you for sending a letter to my tenant : you did not forget to urge him to see the work " was well done . I hope it will please my hea- " 6 " " 6 venly ...
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... letter , that this excellent youth had already begun , both by pre- cept and example , to allure other young men into those paths , from having walked in which he was himself deriving comfort and consolation , in those trying hours of ...
... letter , that this excellent youth had already begun , both by pre- cept and example , to allure other young men into those paths , from having walked in which he was himself deriving comfort and consolation , in those trying hours of ...
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Sir James Allan Park. death Mr. Stevens wrote the following letter to his widow . " 5th March , 1765 . 66 " DEAR MADAM , Knowing my own inability to afford you " any comfort in your affliction for the loss of the " best of husbands , I ...
Sir James Allan Park. death Mr. Stevens wrote the following letter to his widow . " 5th March , 1765 . 66 " DEAR MADAM , Knowing my own inability to afford you " any comfort in your affliction for the loss of the " best of husbands , I ...
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... 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 STEVENS , ESQ . 17.
... 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 STEVENS , ESQ . 17.
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