My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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... perhaps unduly , though I am not at all sure that my own conclusions on this point are correct . It is difficult to write such a record as mine ( extending to the memories of nearly eighty years ) without subjecting one's self to the ...
... perhaps unduly , though I am not at all sure that my own conclusions on this point are correct . It is difficult to write such a record as mine ( extending to the memories of nearly eighty years ) without subjecting one's self to the ...
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... perhaps niece , of the admiral . Here , then , we have four Wallaces buried in the same church as that in which my grandfather was married , and of which place he was a resident at the time . As Hanworth is a very small place , the ...
... perhaps niece , of the admiral . Here , then , we have four Wallaces buried in the same church as that in which my grandfather was married , and of which place he was a resident at the time . As Hanworth is a very small place , the ...
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... perhaps , the happiest portion of my father's life . In the year 1828 my mother's mother - in - law , Mrs. Rebecca Greenell , died at Hertford , and I presume it was in conse- quence of this event that the family left Usk in that year ...
... perhaps , the happiest portion of my father's life . In the year 1828 my mother's mother - in - law , Mrs. Rebecca Greenell , died at Hertford , and I presume it was in conse- quence of this event that the family left Usk in that year ...
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... 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 others , Mary Anne and Emma , died at Usk at the ages of ...
... 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 others , Mary Anne and Emma , died at Usk at the ages of ...
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... perhaps impressed me even more deeply than any . I clearly remem- ber the little house and the room we chiefly occupied , with a French window opening to the garden , a steep wooded bank on the right , the road , river , and distant low ...
... perhaps impressed me even more deeply than any . I clearly remem- ber the little house and the room we chiefly occupied , with a French window opening to the garden , a steep wooded bank on the right , the road , river , and distant low ...
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