My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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... never kept a diary , except when abroad , nor pre- served any of the earlier letters of my friends , I at first thought that I had no materials for any full record of my life and expe- riences . But when I set to work in earnest to get ...
... never kept a diary , except when abroad , nor pre- served any of the earlier letters of my friends , I at first thought that I had no materials for any full record of my life and expe- riences . But when I set to work in earnest to get ...
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... never saw a grandfather or grandmother , nor a true uncle , and but one aunt -my mother's only sister . The only cousins we ever had , so far as I know , were that sister's family of eight or nine , all but two of whom emigrated to ...
... never saw a grandfather or grandmother , nor a true uncle , and but one aunt -my mother's only sister . The only cousins we ever had , so far as I know , were that sister's family of eight or nine , all but two of whom emigrated to ...
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... never to have practised law , since he came into property which gave him an income of about £ 500 a year . This I heard from my sister Fanny . From this time , till he married , fifteen years later , he ap- pears to have lived quite ...
... never to have practised law , since he came into property which gave him an income of about £ 500 a year . This I heard from my sister Fanny . From this time , till he married , fifteen years later , he ap- pears to have lived quite ...
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... never closed : More eager ever to alleviate The wants of others than to gather gain . May your prosperity be lasting , Pope ! May God all - powerful grant you length of days ! " ( The same read backwards . ) " May God omnipotent remove ...
... never closed : More eager ever to alleviate The wants of others than to gather gain . May your prosperity be lasting , Pope ! May God all - powerful grant you length of days ! " ( The same read backwards . ) " May God omnipotent remove ...
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... 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 - five years old , he is repre- sented in a blue coat with ...
... 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 - five years old , he is repre- sented in a blue coat with ...
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