The Town: Its Memorable Characters and EventsOxford University Press, 1907 - 527 pages |
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Page 64
... poor but the vicious , and none to ride in their coaches but little Sir Charles Grandisons , and all - perfect Sheriffs . We need not say how contrary this was to the real spirit of Christianity , which , at the same time , they so much ...
... poor but the vicious , and none to ride in their coaches but little Sir Charles Grandisons , and all - perfect Sheriffs . We need not say how contrary this was to the real spirit of Christianity , which , at the same time , they so much ...
Page 82
... poor and thrust into the same prison , forbids his nephew Robert , whom he had adopted on that condition , to relieve his father . The nephew disobeys , and has the misfortune to incur the hatred of both uncle and parent , for his ...
... poor and thrust into the same prison , forbids his nephew Robert , whom he had adopted on that condition , to relieve his father . The nephew disobeys , and has the misfortune to incur the hatred of both uncle and parent , for his ...
Page 179
... poor , as well as to men of merit who stood in need of either . Besides giving his advice to the poor of all descriptions , which he did with an active and unwearied benevolence , he had always upon his list two or three poor widows ...
... poor , as well as to men of merit who stood in need of either . Besides giving his advice to the poor of all descriptions , which he did with an active and unwearied benevolence , he had always upon his list two or three poor widows ...
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