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Page 119
... Newton , curate of Olney , in Buckingham- shire , to offer his respects to Mrs Unwin , as he accidentally passed through Huntingdon . It happened that Mr Newton's visit took place while the family were still in the deepest dis- tress ...
... Newton , curate of Olney , in Buckingham- shire , to offer his respects to Mrs Unwin , as he accidentally passed through Huntingdon . It happened that Mr Newton's visit took place while the family were still in the deepest dis- tress ...
Page 122
... Newton . They had a private entrance opened betwee their residences , and for many years were seldom seve waking hours apart . * Whether this intercourse prove ultimately beneficial to the peculiar mental temperamer of the poet , we ...
... Newton . They had a private entrance opened betwee their residences , and for many years were seldom seve waking hours apart . * Whether this intercourse prove ultimately beneficial to the peculiar mental temperamer of the poet , we ...
Page 185
... Newton's conduct , but these remarks are forced from us as being but too pertinent to the subject . People are frequently to be met with in society , and the reader will have observed that there are writers , who defend the conduct of ...
... Newton's conduct , but these remarks are forced from us as being but too pertinent to the subject . People are frequently to be met with in society , and the reader will have observed that there are writers , who defend the conduct of ...
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