My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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Page 37
... effect was very strange , and the din and reverberation almost deafening , but still at times somewhat musical . During this squeezing process the oil ran off below through suitable apertures , but was never seen by us . I believe these ...
... effect was very strange , and the din and reverberation almost deafening , but still at times somewhat musical . During this squeezing process the oil ran off below through suitable apertures , but was never seen by us . I believe these ...
Page 38
... effects , but only in the depth and purity of the water and the fine rock - basins that contained it . I am informed that now this beautiful Chadwell Spring has been entirely destroyed by the boring of deep wells in the neighbourhood ...
... effects , but only in the depth and purity of the water and the fine rock - basins that contained it . I am informed that now this beautiful Chadwell Spring has been entirely destroyed by the boring of deep wells in the neighbourhood ...
Page 43
... effect . Among the other features of interest in the town were All Saints ' Church , adjoining the Grammar School . I used to wonder at what seemed to me a curious and rather dangerous plan of groups of four very slender pillars instead ...
... effect . Among the other features of interest in the town were All Saints ' Church , adjoining the Grammar School . I used to wonder at what seemed to me a curious and rather dangerous plan of groups of four very slender pillars instead ...
Page 50
... a disgrace to the school , " and thereafter left to go his own way . Such boys were often very good playfellows , and the magisterial denunciations had little effect upon us . Mr. Crutwell was , I suppose , a fairly good 50 [ CHAP . MY ...
... a disgrace to the school , " and thereafter left to go his own way . Such boys were often very good playfellows , and the magisterial denunciations had little effect upon us . Mr. Crutwell was , I suppose , a fairly good 50 [ CHAP . MY ...
Page 60
... effect on my character I cannot say , but the mere continuance of a painful dream for so many years is in itself an evil , and must almost certainly have had an injurious effect upon the bodily health . Even in my home- life I was ...
... effect on my character I cannot say , but the mere continuance of a painful dream for so many years is in itself an evil , and must almost certainly have had an injurious effect upon the bodily health . Even in my home- life I was ...
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