My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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... thing I remember his telling us about his school was that his master dressed in the old fashion , and that he had a best suit entirely of yellow velvet . When my father left school he was articled to a firm of solicitors - Messrs ...
... thing I remember his telling us about his school was that his master dressed in the old fashion , and that he had a best suit entirely of yellow velvet . When my father left school he was articled to a firm of solicitors - Messrs ...
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... thing came to grief , partly , it was said , by the defalcations of a manager or book- keeper , who appropriated the money advanced by my father to pay for work and materials , and partly , no doubt , from the affair being in the hands ...
... thing came to grief , partly , it was said , by the defalcations of a manager or book- keeper , who appropriated the money advanced by my father to pay for work and materials , and partly , no doubt , from the affair being in the hands ...
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... thing . I first with mug poured some water in till it was about an inch or two deep , and then collected all the small stones I could find and put into the water , but I could not see that the water rose up as I thought it ought to have ...
... thing . I first with mug poured some water in till it was about an inch or two deep , and then collected all the small stones I could find and put into the water , but I could not see that the water rose up as I thought it ought to have ...
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... thing seemed to me exactly as I knew it of old , and neither smaller nor larger than my memory had so long pictured it . The view of the Abergavenny mountains pleased and interested me as in childhood , and the clear - flowing Usk ...
... thing seemed to me exactly as I knew it of old , and neither smaller nor larger than my memory had so long pictured it . The view of the Abergavenny mountains pleased and interested me as in childhood , and the clear - flowing Usk ...
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... things are dangerous and what not , only very slight sensations of pain are at first required , and such only are therefore developed , and these increase in intensity just in proportion as command over the muscles giving the power of ...
... things are dangerous and what not , only very slight sensations of pain are at first required , and such only are therefore developed , and these increase in intensity just in proportion as command over the muscles giving the power of ...
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