My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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... side , more especially as my father seldom spoke of his youth , and I as a boy felt no interest in his genealogy . Neither did my eldest brother William - with whom I lived till I was of age - ever speak on the MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS.
... side , more especially as my father seldom spoke of his youth , and I as a boy felt no interest in his genealogy . Neither did my eldest brother William - with whom I lived till I was of age - ever speak on the MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS.
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... side , while on the inner we looked down to the bottom of the tower , which descended below the ground- level into an excavation said to have been the dungeon . The top of the walls was about three feet thick , and it was thus quite ...
... side , while on the inner we looked down to the bottom of the tower , which descended below the ground- level into an excavation said to have been the dungeon . The top of the walls was about three feet thick , and it was thus quite ...
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... 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 wooded steep bank on the other ; while from the bridge itself there was ...
... 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 wooded steep bank on the other ; while from the bridge itself there was ...
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... side , towards the railway , yet , to my surprise and delight , I found that no change whatever had occurred on our side of the river , where , between the bridge and Llanbadock , not a new house had been built , and our cottage and ...
... side , towards the railway , yet , to my surprise and delight , I found that no change whatever had occurred on our side of the river , where , between the bridge and Llanbadock , not a new house had been built , and our cottage and ...
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... side . I usually awoke then , and all being still , went to sleep again . I think I can trace the origin of this dream . At a very early period of these recollections I was shown on the outside of a house , at or near Usk , a hatchment ...
... side . I usually awoke then , and all being still , went to sleep again . I think I can trace the origin of this dream . At a very early period of these recollections I was shown on the outside of a house , at or near Usk , a hatchment ...
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