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Bradford Kinney Peirce

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XL KETURN TO ENGLAND. Immediately upon his release from Clichy 'prison, December 21, 1855, lie was compelled by his business to return to England. The result of his French reverses followed him, and caused him much annoyance. After the return of the family to London in February, 1856, he was again arrested upon these French demands, and detained for a few days in a sheriff's office, as he would not accept the bail offered by his English friends, preferring to remain under arrest until he could prove, as he soon did, that his detention was secured by fraud. He was then honorably discharged. His daily letters, written to comfort his wife, then prevented by illness from visiting him, breathe the most cheerful, generous, and Christian temper. In a letter to Mrs. Goodyear, written just after he had been set free from prison, he says: "Sickness and sorrow, like health and joy, are brief at the longest. God hath set the one over against the other. I write you from the snug little parlor at the 'Pavilion, ' where hangs the engraving of the convalescent soldier from Waterloo, his wife and baby by his side, and on the other side of the room the prisoner chiseling the image of Christ on the prison wall with a nail. How one would like to know that man! There was good for others, and we may hope for him from this suffering. This brings my mind to reflect upon the occurrences of the past month. I cannot but believe they were ordered for some special purpose for my good, or for that of my family, even in this life, and that it will be explained here. Satan was once let loose in this way upon poor Job; not that I presume to compare myself with that good man. Yet, scrutinizing my conduct as closely as I can, I cannot censure myself for, or really...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Trials of an Inventor; Life and Discoveries of Charles Goodyear.... To get started finding Trials of an Inventor; Life and Discoveries of Charles Goodyear..., you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XL KETURN TO ENGLAND. Immediately upon his release from Clichy 'prison, December 21, 1855, lie was compelled by his business to return to England. The result of his French reverses followed him, and caused him much annoyance. After the return of the family to London in February, 1856, he was again arrested upon these French demands, and detained for a few days in a sheriff's office, as he would not accept the bail offered by his English friends, preferring to remain under arrest until he could prove, as he soon did, that his detention was secured by fraud. He was then honorably discharged. His daily letters, written to comfort his wife, then prevented by illness from visiting him, breathe the most cheerful, generous, and Christian temper. In a letter to Mrs. Goodyear, written just after he had been set free from prison, he says: "Sickness and sorrow, like health and joy, are brief at the longest. God hath set the one over against the other. I write you from the snug little parlor at the 'Pavilion, ' where hangs the engraving of the convalescent soldier from Waterloo, his wife and baby by his side, and on the other side of the room the prisoner chiseling the image of Christ on the prison wall with a nail. How one would like to know that man! There was good for others, and we may hope for him from this suffering. This brings my mind to reflect upon the occurrences of the past month. I cannot but believe they were ordered for some special purpose for my good, or for that of my family, even in this life, and that it will be explained here. Satan was once let loose in this way upon poor Job; not that I presume to compare myself with that good man. Yet, scrutinizing my conduct as closely as I can, I cannot censure myself for, or really...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Trials of an Inventor; Life and Discoveries of Charles Goodyear.... To get started finding Trials of an Inventor; Life and Discoveries of Charles Goodyear..., you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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