My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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Page 13
... reached such a pitch that nothing worse was to be expected . During the latter part of the time we lived at Hertford his troubles were great . He appears to have allowed a solicitor and friend whom he trusted to realize what remained of ...
... reached such a pitch that nothing worse was to be expected . During the latter part of the time we lived at Hertford his troubles were great . He appears to have allowed a solicitor and friend whom he trusted to realize what remained of ...
Page 14
... reached their majority had little or nothing to start with in earning their own living , except a very ordinary education , and a more or less efficient training . The oldest son , William , was first articled to a firm of surveyors at ...
... reached their majority had little or nothing to start with in earning their own living , except a very ordinary education , and a more or less efficient training . The oldest son , William , was first articled to a firm of surveyors at ...
Page 15
... - lived families when they reached man- hood or womanhood . The five ancestral Wallaces of whom I have records had an average age of seventy years , while the five Greenells had an average age of seventy - six MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS 15.
... - lived families when they reached man- hood or womanhood . The five ancestral Wallaces of whom I have records had an average age of seventy years , while the five Greenells had an average age of seventy - six MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS 15.
Page 16
... reached seventy - seven , and my sister Fanny eighty - one . My brother William owed his death to a railway journey by night in winter , from London to South Wales in the miserable accommodation then afforded to third- class passengers ...
... reached seventy - seven , and my sister Fanny eighty - one . My brother William owed his death to a railway journey by night in winter , from London to South Wales in the miserable accommodation then afforded to third- class passengers ...
Page 24
... reached the town , which was and is entirely confined to the east side of the river , while we lived on the west . The walk there was a very pleasant one , with the clear , swift - flowing river on one side and the narrow side and ...
... reached the town , which was and is entirely confined to the east side of the river , while we lived on the west . The walk there was a very pleasant one , with the clear , swift - flowing river on one side and the narrow side and ...
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