My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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Page 11
... brought out by a totally unknown man . Another of these illustrations is now before me , and well shows the costly nature of the work . It is on large paper , 11 by 8 inches to the outer line of the engraving , the margins having been ...
... brought out by a totally unknown man . Another of these illustrations is now before me , and well shows the costly nature of the work . It is on large paper , 11 by 8 inches to the outer line of the engraving , the margins having been ...
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... brought on severe congestion of the lungs , from which he never recovered . I will now give a short account of my father's appearance and character . In a miniature of himself , painted just before his marriage , when he was thirty ...
... brought on severe congestion of the lungs , from which he never recovered . I will now give a short account of my father's appearance and character . In a miniature of himself , painted just before his marriage , when he was thirty ...
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... brought copies to show us . I particularly remember one day his pointing out to the family that the re- flection of some hills in the river opposite us was sometimes visible and sometimes not , though on both occasions in equally calm ...
... brought copies to show us . I particularly remember one day his pointing out to the family that the re- flection of some hills in the river opposite us was sometimes visible and sometimes not , though on both occasions in equally calm ...
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... brought too long a day , But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away , " always brought to my mind the memory of the little blue- papered room at Usk , which faced somewhat east of south , and into which , therefore , the ...
... brought too long a day , But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away , " always brought to my mind the memory of the little blue- papered room at Usk , which faced somewhat east of south , and into which , therefore , the ...
Page 30
... was nearly black , and so strong that none of the party could drink it , till boiling water was brought for us to dilute it with . I , of course , had only milk and water , with perhaps 30 CHAPTER III HERTFORD: THE HOME OF MY BOYHOOD.
... was nearly black , and so strong that none of the party could drink it , till boiling water was brought for us to dilute it with . I , of course , had only milk and water , with perhaps 30 CHAPTER III HERTFORD: THE HOME OF MY BOYHOOD.
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