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read the Bible,
and
acquainted
was well
with
the
history of
Adam,
Joseph,
David,
Solomon,
and
the
other
great
and
g0od
whose actions are
H1611
recorded in
the
Holy Scriptures.
Williams was
much pleased with the simplicity of the answer ;
and it might have occurred to him that histories
IIIOTG
interesting
have
HQVGT
been
written,
OF
written
SO
well.
Turning
to
Pennington,
present,
who was
he asked
if
Benjamin
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his
son; advising him at the same time to indulge
him in whatever might appear to be the bent
of
his
talents,
assuring
him
that
he
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b0Y'
This
interview
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afterwards
much
spoken
of
bY
Williams,
who
in
the
mean
time
lent
him
the
works
of
Fresnoy
and
Richardson
Painting,
and
invhed
him
to
SEE
his
pictures
and
drawings.
The
impression
whkh
these
books made
decided his
on the imagination of West finally
destination. He was allowed to
C3 I'l'y
them
with
him
into
the
country ;
and
his father
change i n
and
his
mother, soon
conversation,
perceiving a great
were referred to
the
books
for
an
explanation
of
the
CHUSC.
They
read
them
for
the
first
time
themselves,