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PC.767.095
11-18 May 1767:653 (1/17)
. . . [15 lines, introduction]
He begins his letter, with acquainting his friend, that he
is turn'd of eighty years of age, and that it was owing to a
sincere endeavour to adhere closely to the rules of religion
from his youth up, that he still enjoyed life as much as he
did forty years ago: . . . [narrative of youth and early
schooling, in 3rd paragraph:] In this situation [at
Lincoln's Inn in London] he was confirmed in his aversion to
the too common error of infidelity, yet being full of
youthful vivacity, he confesses he was very fond, for a
time, of the enticing entertainments of the stage; but was
soon convinced, they were of so dangerous a nature, that it
was much best to break off from them, . . .
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