The British Essayists, Vol. 40: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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A merchant's daughter of great fortune married him for love he ran away with her from a board ing school, but her father, after a time, was recon ciled to his son-ih-law, and Jack, during the life of the good man, passed his time in a small coun try house ou Clapham Common, superintending the concerns of about six acres of ground; being very expert, however, in the gardens and grape-house, and a very sociable fellow over a bottle with the citi zen and his friends on a Saturday and Sunday, he became a mighty favourite. All this while he lived upon the best terms with his wife kept her a neat little palfrey, and regularly took his airing on the common by her side in the most uxorious manner. She was, in fact, a most excellent creature, of the sweetest temper and mildest manners, so that there seemed no interruption to their happiness, but what arose from her health, which was of a delicate na ture. After a few years the citizen died, and Jack, whose conviviality had given him a helping hand out of the world, found himself in possession of a.

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