My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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... five years older than my grandfather , and may have been his uncle . Then follows Admiral Sir James Wallace , who died on March 6 , 1803 , aged sixty - nine years ; and Frances Sleigh , daughter of the above James Wallace , Esq . , who ...
... five years older than my grandfather , and may have been his uncle . Then follows Admiral Sir James Wallace , who died on March 6 , 1803 , aged sixty - nine years ; and Frances Sleigh , daughter of the above James Wallace , Esq . , who ...
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... 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 eight and six respectively ; while ...
... 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 eight and six respectively ; while ...
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... five years old , he is repre- sented in a blue coat with gilt buttons , a white waistcoat , a thick white neck - cloth coming up to the chin and showing no collar , and a frilled shirt - front . This was probably his wed- ding - coat ...
... five years old , he is repre- sented in a blue coat with gilt buttons , a white waistcoat , a thick white neck - cloth coming up to the chin and showing no collar , and a frilled shirt - front . This was probably his wed- ding - coat ...
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... five , or less . My brother John was four and a half years older , and I expect was the leader in most of our games and explorations . My two sisters were five and seven years older than John , so that they would have been about ...
... five , or less . My brother John was four and a half years older , and I expect was the leader in most of our games and explorations . My two sisters were five and seven years older than John , so that they would have been about ...
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... five feet high , between us and the adjoining house . The very first incident which I remember , which happened , I think , on the morning after my arrival , was of a boy about my own age looking over this wall , who at once inquired ...
... five feet high , between us and the adjoining house . The very first incident which I remember , which happened , I think , on the morning after my arrival , was of a boy about my own age looking over this wall , who at once inquired ...
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