My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1905 |
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... given to the Miss Roberts above mentioned , who had a large house at Epsom , and on her death they passed with the house to some relatives of her mother , who had no kinship whatever with the Greenells . One of these portraits was that ...
... given to the Miss Roberts above mentioned , who had a large house at Epsom , and on her death they passed with the house to some relatives of her mother , who had no kinship whatever with the Greenells . One of these portraits was that ...
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... given me by Miss Roberts , as , I presume , the person after whom I was given my second name , though probably from an error in the register mine is always spelt with one , and this peculiarity was impressed upon me in my childhood ...
... given me by Miss Roberts , as , I presume , the person after whom I was given my second name , though probably from an error in the register mine is always spelt with one , and this peculiarity was impressed upon me in my childhood ...
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... given me the following elegant translation of the above : - " Not by intrigue but merit , not by wealth But worth you rose . This is your title , this , That you bestowed your goods on those in need . Your hospitable door was never ...
... given me the following elegant translation of the above : - " Not by intrigue but merit , not by wealth But worth you rose . This is your title , this , That you bestowed your goods on those in need . Your hospitable door was never ...
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... given in the main street to all who chose to attend . It was summer time , and fine weather , and we went to see the feast , which was enjoyed by almost all the poorer people of the town on rows of tables which filled the street for a ...
... given in the main street to all who chose to attend . It was summer time , and fine weather , and we went to see the feast , which was enjoyed by almost all the poorer people of the town on rows of tables which filled the street for a ...
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... given me to drink all night . I was told afterwards that the doctor said this was the crisis , that I was to have port wine in tea - spoonfuls at short intervals , and that if I was not dead before morning I might recover . For some ...
... given me to drink all night . I was told afterwards that the doctor said this was the crisis , that I was to have port wine in tea - spoonfuls at short intervals , and that if I was not dead before morning I might recover . For some ...
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Page 28 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn : He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away ! I remember, I remember...
Page 155 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 155 - The land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
Page 113 - But bringing up the rear of this bright host A Spirit of a different aspect waved His wings, like thunder-clouds above some coast Whose barren beach with frequent wrecks is paved ; His brow was like the deep when tempest-toss'd ; Fierce and unfathomable thoughts engraved Eternal wrath on his immortal face, And where he gazed a gloom pervaded space.
Page 101 - ... remarkable is the general spirit of kindness and affection which is shown towards them, and the entire absence of everything that is likely to give them bad habits, with the presence of whatever is calculated to inspire them with good ones ; the consequence is, that they appear like one well-regulated family, united together by the ties of the closest affection. We heard no quarrels from the youngest to the eldest ; and so strongly impressed are they with the conviction that their interest and...
Page 165 - And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
Page 40 - His hat was off, his vest apart, To catch heaven's blessed breeze; For a burning thought was in his brow, And his bosom ill at ease; So he leaned his head on his hands, and read The book between his knees!
Page 256 - I begin to feel rather dissatisfied with a mere local collection ; little is to be learnt by it. I should like to take some one family to study thoroughly, principally with a view to the theory of the origin of species. By that means I am strongly of opinion that some definite results might be arrived at.
Page 358 - ... varieties ; or he may give me trouble by arriving at another conclusion ; but, at all events, his facts will be given for me to work upon.
Page 355 - Every species has come into existence coincident both in space and time with a preexisting closely allied species.