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... death of an older brother of his father , named John Chatterton . The date does not seem quite certain , but it was probably nearly three years after this occurrence , and when Chatterton was above fourteen years of age , and one of the ...
... death of an older brother of his father , named John Chatterton . The date does not seem quite certain , but it was probably nearly three years after this occurrence , and when Chatterton was above fourteen years of age , and one of the ...
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... ' Tournament ' I have only one canto of , which I send herewith ; the remainder is entirely lost . I am , with the greatest regret , going to subscribe myself your faithful and constant friend till death do 20 CHATTERTON .
... ' Tournament ' I have only one canto of , which I send herewith ; the remainder is entirely lost . I am , with the greatest regret , going to subscribe myself your faithful and constant friend till death do 20 CHATTERTON .
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... death do us part . " THOMAS CHATTERTON . " To MR . BAKER , Charlestown , South Carolina . " When Chatterton wrote this letter he was fifteen years and four months old . To its tone , as illustrative of certain parts of his character ...
... death do us part . " THOMAS CHATTERTON . " To MR . BAKER , Charlestown , South Carolina . " When Chatterton wrote this letter he was fifteen years and four months old . To its tone , as illustrative of certain parts of his character ...
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... executioners above and his ruddy death among the stones below ? A hundred years after this ! ' Pompeius , the Roman , knew it ; and yet was there not C. D a moment in the history of the world — a THE ATTORNEY'S APPRENTICE OF BRISTOL . 33.
... executioners above and his ruddy death among the stones below ? A hundred years after this ! ' Pompeius , the Roman , knew it ; and yet was there not C. D a moment in the history of the world — a THE ATTORNEY'S APPRENTICE OF BRISTOL . 33.
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... death , he was laid in his favourite burying - place , within sound of his cherished bell . " Do not despise this little story , reader . To our mind it illustrates much . As this poor idiot , debarred from all the general concerns of ...
... death , he was laid in his favourite burying - place , within sound of his cherished bell . " Do not despise this little story , reader . To our mind it illustrates much . As this poor idiot , debarred from all the general concerns of ...
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