My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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Page 10
... called in aid So fatal to my suit before . Tell me , ye fair , this urchin's name Who still mankind annoys ; Cupid and he are not the same , Though each can raise or quench a flame , And both are hood - wink'd boys . " My sister told me ...
... called in aid So fatal to my suit before . Tell me , ye fair , this urchin's name Who still mankind annoys ; Cupid and he are not the same , Though each can raise or quench a flame , And both are hood - wink'd boys . " My sister told me ...
Page 17
... called , before silk hats were invented - the only other headgear being sometimes a straw hat for use in the garden in summer . In character he was quiet and even - tempered , very religious in the orthodox Church - of - England way ...
... called , before silk hats were invented - the only other headgear being sometimes a straw hat for use in the garden in summer . In character he was quiet and even - tempered , very religious in the orthodox Church - of - England way ...
Page 19
... called in Wales " Flowering Sunday , " and was looked forward to by most families as an event of special interest , and by children as quite a festival . It is always a pretty sight when even a grave here and there is nicely adorned ...
... called in Wales " Flowering Sunday , " and was looked forward to by most families as an event of special interest , and by children as quite a festival . It is always a pretty sight when even a grave here and there is nicely adorned ...
Page 31
... called " thunder- bolts " -worn specimens of belemnites - fossils of the chalk formation . We all believed that they fell down during thunderstorms . One rather exciting incident alone stands out clear in my memories of this place ...
... called " thunder- bolts " -worn specimens of belemnites - fossils of the chalk formation . We all believed that they fell down during thunderstorms . One rather exciting incident alone stands out clear in my memories of this place ...
Page 33
... called the Wash , which was no doubt liable to be flooded in early times . The miller was reputed to be one of the richest men in the town , yet we often saw him stand- ing at the mill doors in his dusty miller's clothes as we passed on ...
... called the Wash , which was no doubt liable to be flooded in early times . The miller was reputed to be one of the richest men in the town , yet we often saw him stand- ing at the mill doors in his dusty miller's clothes as we passed on ...
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