My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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... told , he had had the honour of himself showing to the king , George the Second or Third . He is shown as a young man , and I was said to resemble him , not only in features , but in a slight peculiarity in one eyebrow , which was ...
... told , he had had the honour of himself showing to the king , George the Second or Third . He is shown as a young man , and I was said to resemble him , not only in features , but in a slight peculiarity in one eyebrow , which was ...
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... told me ( and from what followed it was pretty certainly the case ) that while he remained a bachelor my father lived up to his income or very nearly so ; and from what we know of his after life this did not imply any extrava- gance or ...
... told me ( and from what followed it was pretty certainly the case ) that while he remained a bachelor my father lived up to his income or very nearly so ; and from what we know of his after life this did not imply any extrava- gance or ...
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... told it was a history of Hertford , or at other times some religious work ; but they never got finished , and I do not think they would ever have been worth publishing , his character not leading him to do any such work with suffi ...
... told it was a history of Hertford , or at other times some religious work ; but they never got finished , and I do not think they would ever have been worth publishing , his character not leading him to do any such work with suffi ...
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... told that it was there because somebody was dead ; and when this curious dream came I at once associated it with the hatchment , and directly I heard the distant flapping of wings , I used to say to myself ( in my dream ) , " The hatch ...
... told that it was there because somebody was dead ; and when this curious dream came I at once associated it with the hatchment , and directly I heard the distant flapping of wings , I used to say to myself ( in my dream ) , " The hatch ...
Page 29
... told afterwards that it was really a severe burn . This , and other facts of a similar kind , make me think that young children suffer far less pain than adults from the same injuries . And this is quite in accordance with the purpose ...
... told afterwards that it was really a severe burn . This , and other facts of a similar kind , make me think that young children suffer far less pain than adults from the same injuries . And this is quite in accordance with the purpose ...
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