Autobiography of the Late Sir Benjamin C. BrodieLongmans, Green, and Company, 1865 - 187 pages |
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... Salisbury . They had six children , four sons and two daughters , and I was their fourth child , having been born in the year 1783 . My earliest recollections carry me back to the Rectory at Winterslow . They are still as vivid as ever ...
... Salisbury . They had six children , four sons and two daughters , and I was their fourth child , having been born in the year 1783 . My earliest recollections carry me back to the Rectory at Winterslow . They are still as vivid as ever ...
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... Salisbury , was educated with her brothers . She was well acquainted with Greek and Latin , and afterwards instructed her own children in those languages previously to their being sent to West- minster School . Being seven years my ...
... Salisbury , was educated with her brothers . She was well acquainted with Greek and Latin , and afterwards instructed her own children in those languages previously to their being sent to West- minster School . Being seven years my ...
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... Salisbury , and this was by the carriage road seven miles distant . Some of our cousins , how- ever , used to come at times to stay with us for a few weeks . Among them were the present Lord Denman , the present Sir George Staunton ...
... Salisbury , and this was by the carriage road seven miles distant . Some of our cousins , how- ever , used to come at times to stay with us for a few weeks . Among them were the present Lord Denman , the present Sir George Staunton ...
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... Salisbury , it being intended that he should be brought up to the woollen cloth manufactory , for which Salisbury had in those times a repu- tation , which it has long since lost . In the latter part of the year 1801 I followed my elder ...
... Salisbury , it being intended that he should be brought up to the woollen cloth manufactory , for which Salisbury had in those times a repu- tation , which it has long since lost . In the latter part of the year 1801 I followed my elder ...
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... Salisbury , about five years my senior , and of a very thoughtful and reflecting turn of mind . There was a close intimacy between us , which terminated only with his death . Thus , being thrown a good deal on my own resources , I was ...
... Salisbury , about five years my senior , and of a very thoughtful and reflecting turn of mind . There was a close intimacy between us , which terminated only with his death . Thus , being thrown a good deal on my own resources , I was ...
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