My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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Page 10
... half an hour's space . " One more enigma in my father's writing is interesting because founded on a custom common in my youth , but which has now wholly passed away . " Kitty , a fair but frozen maid , Kindled a flame I still deplore ...
... half an hour's space . " One more enigma in my father's writing is interesting because founded on a custom common in my youth , but which has now wholly passed away . " Kitty , a fair but frozen maid , Kindled a flame I still deplore ...
Page 11
... to commence another magazine with a different name , which he says will cost only sixty guineas a number , and can be published at half a crown . He refers to the General Chronicle as if that were the title I ] II MY RELATIVES AND ...
... to commence another magazine with a different name , which he says will cost only sixty guineas a number , and can be published at half a crown . He refers to the General Chronicle as if that were the title I ] II MY RELATIVES AND ...
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... half London prices . Here , so far as I remember , only one servant was kept , and my father did most of the garden work himself , and provided the family with all the vegetables and most of the fruit which was consumed . Poultry , meat ...
... half London prices . Here , so far as I remember , only one servant was kept , and my father did most of the garden work himself , and provided the family with all the vegetables and most of the fruit which was consumed . Poultry , meat ...
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... half a mile away , in order to grow vegetables and have some wholesome exer- cise . He had had some injury to one of his ankles which often continued to trouble him , and gave him a slight lame- ness , and in consequence of this he ...
... half a mile away , in order to grow vegetables and have some wholesome exer- cise . He had had some injury to one of his ankles which often continued to trouble him , and gave him a slight lame- ness , and in consequence of this he ...
Page 18
... half his wayward course is run , By age , and haply by religion's aid , His pride subdued , his passions too allay'd , With quiet pace — yet swiftly gliding , he Rolls to the ocean of Eternity ! " ON THE CUSTOM OBSERVED IN WALES OF ...
... half his wayward course is run , By age , and haply by religion's aid , His pride subdued , his passions too allay'd , With quiet pace — yet swiftly gliding , he Rolls to the ocean of Eternity ! " ON THE CUSTOM OBSERVED IN WALES OF ...
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