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" ... vice of that age, many of the wives and children of Queen Elizabeth's glorious captains were reduced to poverty, his purse was their common treasury, and they knew not... "
The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ... - Page 206
by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1843
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Memoirs of Eminently Pious Women, Volume 2

Samuel Burder - Women - 1827 - 468 pages
...as for children. He was a father to all his prisoners, sweetening with such compassionate kindness their restraint, that the affliction of a prison was not felt in his days. He had a singular kindness for all persons that were eminent either in learning or arms ; and...
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Criminal Trials, Volume 1

David Jardine, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Adventure and adventurers - 1832 - 540 pages
...traitor. says she*, " the father of all his prisoners, sweetening with such compassionate kindness their restraint, that the affliction of a prison was not felt in those days ; he had also a singular kindness for all persons who were eminent in learning or in arms."...
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Memoirs of Eminently Pious Women of Britain and America, Volume 1

David Francis Bacon - Christian biography - 1833 - 630 pages
...as for children. He was a father to all his prisoners, sweetening with such compassionate kindness their restraint, that the affliction of a prison was not felt in his days. He had a singular kindness for all persons that were eminent either in learning or arms; and...
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Memoirs of John Selden: And Notices of the Political Contest During His Time

George William Johnson - Great Britain - 1835 - 398 pages
...the Tower, says, " he was a father to all his prisoners, sweetening with such compassionate kindness their restraint, that the affliction of a prison was not felt in his days." She adds, that he had a singular kindness for all persons that were eminent in learning. —...
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Memoirs of John Selden and Notices of the Political Contest ..., Volume 25

George William Johnson - Great Britain - 1835 - 390 pages
...the Tower, says, " he was a father to all his prisoners, sweetening with such compassionate kindness their restraint, that the affliction of a prison was not felt in his days." She adds, that he had a singular kindness for all persons that were eminent in learning.—(Memoirs...
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The Lives and Criminal Trials of Celebrated Men

David Jardine - Great Britain - 1835 - 534 pages
...traitor. says she, * ' the father of all his prisoners, sweetening with such compassionate kindness their restraint, that the affliction of a prison was not felt in those days ; he had also a singular kindness for all persons who were eminent in learning or in arms.'...
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The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the ..., Volume 3, Issue 1

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1843 - 456 pages
...sixteen. In his office of lieutenant of the Tower he was, according to his daughter, Mrs. Hutehinson's, report, "a father to all his prisoners, sweetening...city yielded to the parliament in April 1646, and afIerwards governor of Barnstaple before that town surrendered. After the Restoration he was captain-lieutenant...
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Memoirs of Eminent Englishwomen, Volume 3

Louisa Stuart Costello - Great Britain - 1844 - 438 pages
...and father, a noble master, a father to his prisoners ; sweetening with such compassionate kindness their restraint, that the affliction of a prison was not felt in his days. " He had a singular kindness for persons that were eminent either in learning or arms; and when,...
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Life of Sir Walter Raleigh: Founded on Authentic and Original Documents ...

Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1844 - 424 pages
...character of him : "He was the father of all his prisoners, sweetening with such compassionate kindness their restraint, that the affliction of a prison was not felt in those days ; he had also a singular kindness for all persons who were eminent in learning or in arms."...
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Gems of Female Biography

Biography - 1852 - 798 pages
...their children. He was a father to all his prisoners — sweetening with such compassionate kindness their restraint, that the affliction of a prison was not felt in his days. He had a singular kindness for all persons that were eminent either in learning or arms ; and...
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