Word: fathered
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...probable that either Dr. Charles F. Porter or Dr. J. Collins Warren will be elected to the vacant professorship. Dr. Porter is at present professor of clinical surgery and Dr. Warren is associate. Should the latter be appointed, he will fill the lecture chair held by his father and grandfather in the early days of the school...
...Quincey was the fifth of a family of six children. His father was a Manchester merchant and died at the age of thirty-nine, leaving an estate valued at thirty thousand pounds. At the age of six, De Quincey was sorely grieved by the death of an elder sister, who had read to him the story of the Arabian Nights, which aroused in him such a great spirit of imagination. He stole into the death chamber of his sister and received those impressions, which make up his charming and vivid narrative published many years later...
...that is leading to sin. but to turn its course, and transform it into virtue. This way any one can rise above himself and become a man, no matter how low be may have fallen. The ideal of the perfect man-the picture of Christ.-the thought of mother. father. or a loved one. all in some way reflection of Christ, are the things which will turn a man the quickest from yielding to temptations...
...eyes and ears were steeped in the best of its scenery and tradition. So he naturally turned to the study of Scotch history and tradition. He went to school and college at Edinburgh, studying principally history and reading much romance. He cared very little for classics. According to his father's wishes he studied law and at the age of 21 was admitted to the bar. About this time he fell in love but he was doomed to bitter disappointment which made a deep impression on him, and lent to many of his works a peculiar shade of pensive melancholy...
...became very attached to his cousin Theodora Cowper, but her father would not consent to their marriage no matter how much the lovers urged. They parted never to meet again. She remained unmarried and the event had a lasting influence on Cowper perhaps tending to make him more somber. His father now died in 1756 and soon after his best friend Sir Russell drowned in the Thames, and Cowper felt that he was left alone in the world...