The doctor, &c., vol. 3 (of 7)

CHAPTER LXXIX.—p. 53.

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AN EARLY BEREAVEMENT. TRUE LOVE ITS OWN COMFORTER. A LONELY FATHER AND AN ONLY CHILD.

Read ye that run the aweful truth, With which I charge my page; A worm is in the bud of youth, And at the root of age.

COWPER.