It was my good fortune to interest his benevolence. My little history was not untinctured with melancholy, and I laid it fairly before him : his first care was to console ; his second, which he cherished to the last moment of his existence, was to relieve... The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis - Page xviiiby Juvenal - 1803Full view - About this book
| Samuel Smiles - 2003 - 470 pages
...difficulties, and aspirations. " His first care," said Gifford afterwards, "was to console ; VOL. I. K his second, which he cherished to the last moment of his existence, was to relieve and support me." Gifford's tale so touched the heart of the surgeon, that he proceeded to get up a subscription for... | |
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