My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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Page 17
... usually had some of the best books of travel or biography in the house . Some of these my father would read to us in the evening , and when Bowdler's edition of Shakespeare came out he obtained it , and often read a play to the ...
... usually had some of the best books of travel or biography in the house . Some of these my father would read to us in the evening , and when Bowdler's edition of Shakespeare came out he obtained it , and often read a play to the ...
Page 27
... usually awoke then , and all being still , went to sleep again . I I think I can trace the origin of this dream . At a very early period of these recollections I was shown on the outside of a house , at or near Usk , a hatchment or ...
... usually awoke then , and all being still , went to sleep again . I I think I can trace the origin of this dream . At a very early period of these recollections I was shown on the outside of a house , at or near Usk , a hatchment or ...
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... usually kept locked , and we were not allowed to play in it . But one day the gardener had left it open , and we all went in , and began pulling and pushing an old- fashioned stone roller . After a little while , as we were pushing it ...
... usually kept locked , and we were not allowed to play in it . But one day the gardener had left it open , and we all went in , and began pulling and pushing an old- fashioned stone roller . After a little while , as we were pushing it ...
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... usually with high banks on one side and low banks or gravel heaps on the other , offered the most enticing places for jumping and for playing the exciting game of follow - my - leader . This we called the racing - field ; why I never ...
... usually with high banks on one side and low banks or gravel heaps on the other , offered the most enticing places for jumping and for playing the exciting game of follow - my - leader . This we called the racing - field ; why I never ...
Page 49
... usually called by the boys Old Cruttle or Old Clemmy , and when he over- heard these names used , which was not often , he would give us a short lecture on the impropriety and impoliteness of VOL . I. E miscalling those in authority ...
... usually called by the boys Old Cruttle or Old Clemmy , and when he over- heard these names used , which was not often , he would give us a short lecture on the impropriety and impoliteness of VOL . I. E miscalling those in authority ...
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