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... father , and as young men are with little difficulty taught to judge favourably of themselves , began to think that ... father's brother came from London to pass a summer at his native place . A lucrative employment which he poffeffed ...
... father , and as young men are with little difficulty taught to judge favourably of themselves , began to think that ... father's brother came from London to pass a summer at his native place . A lucrative employment which he poffeffed ...
Page 111
... father was the fecond fon of a very antient and wealthy family . He married a lady of equal birth , whofe fortune , joined to his own , might have fupported him and his posterity in honour and plenty ; but being gay and ambitious , he ...
... father was the fecond fon of a very antient and wealthy family . He married a lady of equal birth , whofe fortune , joined to his own , might have fupported him and his posterity in honour and plenty ; but being gay and ambitious , he ...
Page 148
... father was appointed the chief inheritor of his riches , and nothing was left me but a le- gacy fufficient to fupport me in the profecu- tion of my ftudies . I HAD not yet found such charms in prof- perity as to continue it by any acts ...
... father was appointed the chief inheritor of his riches , and nothing was left me but a le- gacy fufficient to fupport me in the profecu- tion of my ftudies . I HAD not yet found such charms in prof- perity as to continue it by any acts ...
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