Isaac Watts: His Life and WorksDryden Press, 1943 - 306 pages |
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... Southampton , 1 July 17 , 1674 . I He was descended from two well known and " respectable " dissenting families of that town , the Wattses and the Taun- tons . Both families seem to have been good , successful non- conforming folk ...
... Southampton , 1 July 17 , 1674 . I He was descended from two well known and " respectable " dissenting families of that town , the Wattses and the Taun- tons . Both families seem to have been good , successful non- conforming folk ...
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... Southampton . He married Sarah Taunton September 11 , 1673 , and the following year he was imprisoned for nonconformity . This was the year of the poet's birth , and tradition reports that Watts was often suckled on the steps of Old ...
... Southampton . He married Sarah Taunton September 11 , 1673 , and the following year he was imprisoned for nonconformity . This was the year of the poet's birth , and tradition reports that Watts was often suckled on the steps of Old ...
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... Southampton sometime before 1688 . Nathaniel Robinson was in Southampton as early as 1643 , for the court records of that year show that he was warned to discontinue preaching without legal ordination . In 1646-7 he was summoned again ...
... Southampton sometime before 1688 . Nathaniel Robinson was in Southampton as early as 1643 , for the court records of that year show that he was warned to discontinue preaching without legal ordination . In 1646-7 he was summoned again ...
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