The Vicar of Wakefield: A TaleBrown, 1803 - 224 pages |
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... eldest son was named George , after his uncle , who left us ten thousand pounds . Our second child , a girl , I intended to call after her aunt Grissel ; but my wife , who during her pregnancy had been reading romances , insisted upon ...
... eldest son was named George , after his uncle , who left us ten thousand pounds . Our second child , a girl , I intended to call after her aunt Grissel ; but my wife , who during her pregnancy had been reading romances , insisted upon ...
Page 9
... eldest son , George , was bred . at Oxford , as I intended him for one of the learned . professions . My second boy , Moses , whom I designed for business , received a sort of miscellaneous education at home . But it is needless to ...
... eldest son , George , was bred . at Oxford , as I intended him for one of the learned . professions . My second boy , Moses , whom I designed for business , received a sort of miscellaneous education at home . But it is needless to ...
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... eldest son , just upon leaving col- lege , fixed his affections upon the daughter of a neigh- bouring clergyman , who was a dignitary in the church , and in circumstances to give her a large fortune ; but fortune was her smallest ...
... eldest son , just upon leaving col- lege , fixed his affections upon the daughter of a neigh- bouring clergyman , who was a dignitary in the church , and in circumstances to give her a large fortune ; but fortune was her smallest ...
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... eldest son was bred a scholar , I determined to send him to town , where his abilities might con- tribute to our support and his own . The separation of friends and families is , perhaps , one of the most dis tressful circumstances ...
... eldest son was bred a scholar , I determined to send him to town , where his abilities might con- tribute to our support and his own . The separation of friends and families is , perhaps , one of the most dis tressful circumstances ...
Page 28
... eldest daughter repaid his former ap- plause with interest , and assured him that his tones were louder than even those of her master . At this compliment he bowed , which she returned with a curtsey . He praised her taste , and she ...
... eldest daughter repaid his former ap- plause with interest , and assured him that his tones were louder than even those of her master . At this compliment he bowed , which she returned with a curtsey . He praised her taste , and she ...
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