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Title: The poetical and prose works of Henry Kirke White
Year: 1856 (1850s)
Authors: White, Henry Kirke, 1785-1806 Southey, Robert, 1774-1843
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Publisher: Edinburgh, Gall & Inglis (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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places andlivings; and there is, in general, too much anxiety forNo. 1, to permit any interference for a neighbour, JSTo. 2. TO HIS MOTHER. St Johns, Aug. 1806.My dear Mother, I have no hesitation in declining the free-school, onthe ground of its precluding the exercise of the minis-terial duties. I shall take the liberty of writing Mr , to thank him for having thought of me, and to recommend to his notice Mr . But do not fret yourself, my dear mother ; in a fewyears we shall, I hope, be in happier circumstances. Iam not too sanguine in my expectations, but I shall cer-tainly be able to assist you and my sisters in a fewyears. * * * As for Maria and Kate, if they suc-ceed well in their education, they may, perhaps, be ableto keep a school of a superior kind, where the profitswill be greater, and the labour less. I even hope thatthis may not be necessary, and that you, my father, andthey, may come and live with me when I get a parson-age. You would be pleased to see how comfortably Mr
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Ton -wTcrnltL lie pleased to see 1lores with, lis moth, ex and sisteaboirr ten miles from Carol:Ixulcixno. otv- comfortably M1 -s at a snug little xectoxyidge. So rancl. fox castleP 314-5. LETTERS. 315 lives with his mother and sisters, at a snug little rectory about ten miles from Cambridge. So much forcastle building. TO MR St Johns, 15th Aug. 1806.My good Friend, I have deferred writing to you until my return from Mr s, knowing how much you would like to hear from me in respect to that dear family. I am afraidyour patience has been tried by this delay, and I trustto this circumstance alone as my excuse. My hours have seldom flowed so agreeably as they did at S , nor perhaps have I made many visits which have been more profitable to me in a religious sense. The example of Mr will, I hope, stimulate me to a faithful preparation for the sacred office to which I amdestined. I say a faithful preparation, because I fearI am apt to deceive myself with respect to my presentpursuits, and to

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