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Dr. Sprague's book contains pictures of life under both the old régime and the new. The following extract from the venerable Josiah Quincy's recollections of the Rev. Mr. French, of Andover, is interesting, as an illustration of the olden times. "Mrs. Dowse, my maternal aunt, has often related to me her pride and delight at visiting at the Rev. Mr.
My father can give no rich dower with his daughters; wherefore they be no match for the nobles of the land. Oh, why was that treasure lost? Why could no man be wise enough to trace and find it, when sure there must have been many in the secret? Now that a generation has gone by, what hope is there left? But for that loss my Lord of Andover would have welcomed me gladly.
There is a little village of small red cottages with thatched roofs lying among the Wiltshire downs between Savernake Forest and Andover. It is called Ludgershall, and has a quiet out-of-the-world look. In the eighteenth century it was a pocket borough, returning two Members to Parliament, and was the property of the Selwyn family.
With three years of lost time to make up, Pemberton had put his whole mind into football with the result that he had made the team in time to play for five short, mad minutes against Andover.
He did this principally by coaching other students, and by making translations from the German "Conversations-Lexicon" for the "American Cyclopedia." After graduating from Harvard, he immediately entered Andover Theological Seminary.
Professor Park and declared a festival should do it. And the festival did bring in $2,000 which furnished Smith Hall, and prouder, happier women never slept on Andover Hill than those who had so courageously and triumphantly carried the plan through.
The houses are generally good, some are large and elegant The barns are large and well-built and indicate a fertile and well-cultivated soil. "Upon the whole, Andover is one of the best farming towns in Eastern Massachusetts." Andover roads were of incredible crookedness, though the Rev.
He slipped into his coat and made his way uptown. Shortly after seven he entered the hospital. Andover had left word that he be allowed to see Pete. And again The Spider stood beside Pete's cot, gazing down upon a face startlingly white in contrast to his dark hair and black eyebrows a face drawn, the cheeks pinched, and the lips bloodless. "You taking care of him?" and The Spider turned to Doris.
This, at that time, in that house, it was impossible for me to compass. There was a growing family of noisy boys four of them of whom I was the only sister, as I was the oldest child. They were merry, healthy boys, and everything was done to keep them so. I sometimes doubt if there are any happier children growing anywhere than the boys and girls of Andover used to be.
Birth of S.F.B. Morse. His parents. Letters of Dr. Belknap and Rev. Mr. Wells. Phillips, Andover. First letter. Letter from his father. Religious letter from Morse to his brothers. Letters from the mother to her sons. Morse enters Yale. His journey there. Difficulty in keeping up with his class. Letter of warning from his mother. Letters of Jedediah Morse to Bishop of London and Lindley Murray.
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