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... tion similar in some respects to Christ's Hospital in London . The husband of this widow , a rough , drunken fellow , who had been a singer , or sub - chaunter , in the cathedral choir of Bristol , as well as the master of a kind of ...
... tion similar in some respects to Christ's Hospital in London . The husband of this widow , a rough , drunken fellow , who had been a singer , or sub - chaunter , in the cathedral choir of Bristol , as well as the master of a kind of ...
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... tion , such a plain education as might fit him for an ordinary mercantile or mechanical occupation . But , from the very first , the boy was singular . For one thing , he was a prodigious reader . The Bible , theolo- gical treatises ...
... tion , such a plain education as might fit him for an ordinary mercantile or mechanical occupation . But , from the very first , the boy was singular . For one thing , he was a prodigious reader . The Bible , theolo- gical treatises ...
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... left to supply the links for himself . But the chief feature in the pedigree , as elaborated in the second document , is that , in addi- tion to other great names , it contains a poet THE ATTORNEY'S APPRENTICE OF BRISTOL . 15.
... left to supply the links for himself . But the chief feature in the pedigree , as elaborated in the second document , is that , in addi- tion to other great names , it contains a poet THE ATTORNEY'S APPRENTICE OF BRISTOL . 15.
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A Story of the Year 1770 David Masson. tion to other great names , it contains a poet . This poet , whose name was John de Bergham , was a monk of the Cistercian order , in Bristol ; he had been edu- cated at Oxford , and was " one of ...
A Story of the Year 1770 David Masson. tion to other great names , it contains a poet . This poet , whose name was John de Bergham , was a monk of the Cistercian order , in Bristol ; he had been edu- cated at Oxford , and was " one of ...
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... tion in his native town may be inferred from a specimen or two . How would Broderip , the organist , like this ? - " While Broderip's humdrum symphonies of flats Rival the harmony of midnight cats . " Or the lay Catcott this allusion to ...
... tion in his native town may be inferred from a specimen or two . How would Broderip , the organist , like this ? - " While Broderip's humdrum symphonies of flats Rival the harmony of midnight cats . " Or the lay Catcott this allusion to ...
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