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... father's death , in 1770. A fourth , which he continued to March , 1791 , appears in the form of Annals , much less detailed than the others . The two remaining sketches are still more imperfect . But it is difficult to discover the ...
... father's death , in 1770. A fourth , which he continued to March , 1791 , appears in the form of Annals , much less detailed than the others . The two remaining sketches are still more imperfect . But it is difficult to discover the ...
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... father should be rig- idly respected ) to see these six sketches of the life , written in Gibbon's own clear and elaborate hand . I may venture , however , to bear my testimony to the great judgment with which the late Lord Sheffield ...
... father should be rig- idly respected ) to see these six sketches of the life , written in Gibbon's own clear and elaborate hand . I may venture , however , to bear my testimony to the great judgment with which the late Lord Sheffield ...
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... father's side . A life of devotion and celibacy was the choice of my aunt , Mrs. Hester Gibbon , who , at the age of eighty - five , still resides in a hermitage at Cliffe , in Northamptonshire , having long survived her spiritual guide ...
... father's side . A life of devotion and celibacy was the choice of my aunt , Mrs. Hester Gibbon , who , at the age of eighty - five , still resides in a hermitage at Cliffe , in Northamptonshire , having long survived her spiritual guide ...
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... father enjoyed the benefits of a liberal education as a scholar and a gentleman . At Westminster School , and afterwards at Emanuel College , in Cambridge , he passed through a regular course of aca- demical discipline ; and the care of ...
... father enjoyed the benefits of a liberal education as a scholar and a gentleman . At Westminster School , and afterwards at Emanuel College , in Cambridge , he passed through a regular course of aca- demical discipline ; and the care of ...
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... father's return to Eng- land , he was chosen , in the general election of 1734 , to serve in Parliament for the borough of Petersfield ; a burgage ten- ure , of which my grandfather possessed a weighty share , till he alienated ( I know ...
... father's return to Eng- land , he was chosen , in the general election of 1734 , to serve in Parliament for the borough of Petersfield ; a burgage ten- ure , of which my grandfather possessed a weighty share , till he alienated ( I know ...
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