My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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... REMARKS ON MY CHARACTER AT TWENTY - ONE . 223 CHAPTER XVI LONDON AND LEICESTER 229 CHAPTER XVII RESIDENCE AT NEATH 241 CHAPTER XVIII THE JOURNEY TO THE AMAZON 264 CHAPTER XIX " IN MEMORIAM 12 289 CHAPTER XX IN LONDON , AND VOYAGE TO ...
... REMARKS ON MY CHARACTER AT TWENTY - ONE . 223 CHAPTER XVI LONDON AND LEICESTER 229 CHAPTER XVII RESIDENCE AT NEATH 241 CHAPTER XVIII THE JOURNEY TO THE AMAZON 264 CHAPTER XIX " IN MEMORIAM 12 289 CHAPTER XX IN LONDON , AND VOYAGE TO ...
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... remark he once made in my hearing , that his uncles at Stirling ( I think he said ) were very tall men . I myself was six feet when I was sixteen , and my eldest brother William was an inch taller , while my brother John and sister ...
... remark he once made in my hearing , that his uncles at Stirling ( I think he said ) were very tall men . I myself was six feet when I was sixteen , and my eldest brother William was an inch taller , while my brother John and sister ...
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... remarked that our father's loss of his property was perhaps a blessing in disguise . Of the five daughters , the first - born died when five months old ; the next , Eliza , died of consumption at Hertford , aged twenty - two . Two ...
... remarked that our father's loss of his property was perhaps a blessing in disguise . Of the five daughters , the first - born died when five months old ; the next , Eliza , died of consumption at Hertford , aged twenty - two . Two ...
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... remark , " I say , let's do our translation ; I don't know a word of it . " Then the cleverest boy , or one who had ... remarks on the subject , and say , " Now I will read you the whole incident . " He would then take out a trans ...
... remark , " I say , let's do our translation ; I don't know a word of it . " Then the cleverest boy , or one who had ... remarks on the subject , and say , " Now I will read you the whole incident . " He would then take out a trans ...
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... remarks . I was especially sensitive to what all boys dislike — the being placed in any exceptional position , or having to do anything different from other boys , and not of my own choice . Every time I entered the schoolroom I felt ...
... remarks . I was especially sensitive to what all boys dislike — the being placed in any exceptional position , or having to do anything different from other boys , and not of my own choice . Every time I entered the schoolroom I felt ...
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