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Having never kept a diary , except when abroad , nor preserved any of the earlier letters of my friends , I at first thought that I had no materials for any full record of my life and experiences . But when I set to work in earnest to ...
Having never kept a diary , except when abroad , nor preserved any of the earlier letters of my friends , I at first thought that I had no materials for any full record of my life and experiences . But when I set to work in earnest to ...
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MY LIFE A RECORD OF EVENTS AND OPINIONS CHAPTER I MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS Our family had but few relations , and I myself never saw a grandfather or grandmother , nor a true uncle , and but one aunt -my mother's only sister .
MY LIFE A RECORD OF EVENTS AND OPINIONS CHAPTER I MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS Our family had but few relations , and I myself never saw a grandfather or grandmother , nor a true uncle , and but one aunt -my mother's only sister .
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He seems , however , never to have practised law , since he came into property which gave him an income of about £ 500 a year . This I heard from my sister Fanny . From this time till he married , fifteen years later , he appears to ...
He seems , however , never to have practised law , since he came into property which gave him an income of about £ 500 a year . This I heard from my sister Fanny . From this time till he married , fifteen years later , he appears to ...
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Your hospitable door was never closed : More eager ever to alleviate The wants of others than to gather gain . May your prosperity be lasting , Pope ! May God all - powerful grant you length of days ! ” ( The same read backwards . ) ...
Your hospitable door was never closed : More eager ever to alleviate The wants of others than to gather gain . May your prosperity be lasting , Pope ! May God all - powerful grant you length of days ! ” ( The same read backwards . ) ...
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He continued to wear the frilled shirt and thick white neckties , but never wore any outer clothing but black , of the cut we now term a dresssuit , but the coat double - breasted , and the whole rather loose fitting .
He continued to wear the frilled shirt and thick white neckties , but never wore any outer clothing but black , of the cut we now term a dresssuit , but the coat double - breasted , and the whole rather loose fitting .
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