My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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... remember as owner of the Town - mill in Hertford , and his daughters were my sister's playfellows and friends , but this family is now extinct so far as the town is concerned . A sis- ter of my grandfather Greenell married Mr. John ...
... remember as owner of the Town - mill in Hertford , and his daughters were my sister's playfellows and friends , but this family is now extinct so far as the town is concerned . A sis- ter of my grandfather Greenell married Mr. John ...
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... remember his telling us about his school was that his master dressed in the old fashion , and that he had a best suit entirely of yellow velvet . When my father left school he was articled to a firm of solicitors - Messrs . Ewington and ...
... remember his telling us about his school was that his master dressed in the old fashion , and that he had a best suit entirely of yellow velvet . When my father left school he was articled to a firm of solicitors - Messrs . Ewington and ...
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... remember , only one servant was kept , and my father did most of the garden work himself , and provided the family with all the vegetables and most of the fruit which was consumed . Poultry , meat , fish , and all kinds of dairy pro ...
... remember , only one servant was kept , and my father did most of the garden work himself , and provided the family with all the vegetables and most of the fruit which was consumed . Poultry , meat , fish , and all kinds of dairy pro ...
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... remember him from the age of fifty - five onwards , his hair was rather thin and quite white , and he was always clean- shaven as in the miniature . He continued to wear the frilled shirt and thick white neckties , but never wore any ...
... remember him from the age of fifty - five onwards , his hair was rather thin and quite white , and he was always clean- shaven as in the miniature . He continued to wear the frilled shirt and thick white neckties , but never wore any ...
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... remember two , if not three , besides myself , standing on the flat stones and catching lampreys . There is also another incident in which I remember that my brother and at least one , if not two , of my sisters took part . Among the ...
... remember two , if not three , besides myself , standing on the flat stones and catching lampreys . There is also another incident in which I remember that my brother and at least one , if not two , of my sisters took part . Among the ...
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