My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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Page 77
... rare occasions we were taken to one of their chapels instead of to church , and the variety alone made this quite a treat . We were generally advised when some " friend " was expected to speak , and it was on such occasions that we ...
... rare occasions we were taken to one of their chapels instead of to church , and the variety alone made this quite a treat . We were generally advised when some " friend " was expected to speak , and it was on such occasions that we ...
Page 111
... rare plant ; and I thought how nice it must be to know the names of rare plants when you found them . How- ever , as I did not even know there were books that described every British plant , and as my brother appeared to take no ...
... rare plant ; and I thought how nice it must be to know the names of rare plants when you found them . How- ever , as I did not even know there were books that described every British plant , and as my brother appeared to take no ...
Page 123
... Turvey and the Mordaunts , " by G. F. W. Munby , Rector of Turvey , and Thomas Wright ( of Olney ) , we are told that there is a very rare pamphlet in the British Museum , entitled , " The Tincker of VIII ] 123 BEDFORDSHIRE : TURVEY.
... Turvey and the Mordaunts , " by G. F. W. Munby , Rector of Turvey , and Thomas Wright ( of Olney ) , we are told that there is a very rare pamphlet in the British Museum , entitled , " The Tincker of VIII ] 123 BEDFORDSHIRE : TURVEY.
Page 124
... rare visitors requiring that meal , and in the evening as a farmers ' room , where two or three often dropped in for an hour or two , while once a week there was a regular farmers ' club , at which from half a dozen to a dozen usually ...
... rare visitors requiring that meal , and in the evening as a farmers ' room , where two or three often dropped in for an hour or two , while once a week there was a regular farmers ' club , at which from half a dozen to a dozen usually ...
Page 164
... rare occurrence of a nearly equal rate of denudation in four or five directions around this highest part of the original plateau , we have remaining for our in- spection two little triangular patches of the original peat- covered ...
... rare occurrence of a nearly equal rate of denudation in four or five directions around this highest part of the original plateau , we have remaining for our in- spection two little triangular patches of the original peat- covered ...
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