My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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... feet when I was sixteen , and my eldest brother William was an inch taller , while my brother John and sister Fanny were both rather tall . My father and mother , however , were under rather than over middle height , and the remark ...
... feet when I was sixteen , and my eldest brother William was an inch taller , while my brother John and sister Fanny were both rather tall . My father and mother , however , were under rather than over middle height , and the remark ...
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... feet long . The lamprey was a favourite dish with our ancestors , and is still considered a luxury in some districts , while in others it is rejected as disagreeable , and the living fish is thought to be even poisonous . This is , no ...
... feet long . The lamprey was a favourite dish with our ancestors , and is still considered a luxury in some districts , while in others it is rejected as disagreeable , and the living fish is thought to be even poisonous . This is , no ...
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... feet thick , and it was thus quite safe to walk round close to the parapet , though there was no protection on the inner edge but the few herbs and bushes that grew upon it . For many years this small fragment of a medieval castle ...
... feet thick , and it was thus quite safe to walk round close to the parapet , though there was no protection on the inner edge but the few herbs and bushes that grew upon it . For many years this small fragment of a medieval castle ...
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... feet high , between us and the adjoining house . The very first incident I remember , which happened , I think , on the morning after my arrival , was of a boy about my own age looking over this wall , who at once inquired , " Hullo ...
... feet high , between us and the adjoining house . The very first incident I remember , which happened , I think , on the morning after my arrival , was of a boy about my own age looking over this wall , who at once inquired , " Hullo ...
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... feet above the counter , and just below them was a square hole . As we looked on a man would take a small canvas sack about two feet long , fill it quite full of linseed meal from a large box by his side , place this bag in a strong ...
... feet above the counter , and just below them was a square hole . As we looked on a man would take a small canvas sack about two feet long , fill it quite full of linseed meal from a large box by his side , place this bag in a strong ...
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