Word: fathered
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...always worried by a dread of everlasting punishment. There was for him a high wall between himself and heaven, which he could never scale. He was born in November 1731 in Hertfordshire. His mother died when he was six years old, leaving him a delicate, sensitive child. Soon his father sent him to school, and while there, at the age of nine, melancholy seized him, aggravated by natural tendencies. It was of the sort to leave him profoundly dejected. Later he went to Westminster School, and became a very good classical scholar. At eighteen he was appointed attorney in London...
...Vesper Service. It was entirely a musical service and no sermon was preached. The soloists were Newton Wilcox of St. Paul's choir. Mr. George Parker, tenor, and Mr. Heinrich Meyn, bass. Willie McDonald was unable to assist in the solo singing owing to the recent death of his father...
...article is "Cervantes, Zola, Kipling and Co." by Brander Matthews. It is a comparison and a criticism of these three great novelists, each of whom has written masterpieces which are as widely separated as it is possible for novels to be. Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote, is the father of story tellers "when we see Fielding's Parson Adams, or Scott's Antiquary, we see children of Don Quixote." The most charming thing in Cervantes' writings is that he loves all his characters, - "Cervantes is not severe with the children of his brain; he loves them all - there...
...occupation for a man who is to be a husband and father is of the greatest importance. The occupation for women is aid out by nature, but man has a large range to select from. It makes a great difference whether the occupation fits the man and the man the occupation. Selections made late in life are usually unsuccessful, therefore choose right to begin with. The question now arises as to how to make this choice. The only answer to be given is to choose the occupation which you enjoy most...
...Bloss '94 has been called home on account of the death of his father and will not return until after the April recess...