My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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... asked " read “ ask . ” 4 from foot , after " While " insert " I 12 from foot , for " given " read " give . " 13 , for " rights " read " interests . " 3 from foot , for " loaves " read " loaf . " 2 from foot , omit " what . ” last line ...
... asked " read “ ask . ” 4 from foot , after " While " insert " I 12 from foot , for " given " read " give . " 13 , for " rights " read " interests . " 3 from foot , for " loaves " read " loaf . " 2 from foot , omit " what . ” last line ...
Page 53
... asked the others if they could help him , and when we could not , he would tell us the meaning of some difficult word , and then tell the translator to go on . He went on bit by bit till Then Godwin asked we got to the end of a long ...
... asked the others if they could help him , and when we could not , he would tell us the meaning of some difficult word , and then tell the translator to go on . He went on bit by bit till Then Godwin asked we got to the end of a long ...
Page 56
... asking for it . For dinner at one o'clock we had hot joints of meat and vegetables for five days , hot meat - pies on Saturdays made of remnants , with some fresh mutton or beef to make gravy , well seasoned , but always with a peculiar ...
... asking for it . For dinner at one o'clock we had hot joints of meat and vegetables for five days , hot meat - pies on Saturdays made of remnants , with some fresh mutton or beef to make gravy , well seasoned , but always with a peculiar ...
Page 57
... asked for a hand of two or four or even a higher number from some other boy ; then with an equal number of his own he tried to pitch them into the hole , and if all or any even number remained in he won the whole , while if the number ...
... asked for a hand of two or four or even a higher number from some other boy ; then with an equal number of his own he tried to pitch them into the hole , and if all or any even number remained in he won the whole , while if the number ...
Page 60
... did not much care about it , other people would think it very strange , and that we should then be ashamed because people would say that we did not know good manners . Or I might have been asked to 60 [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
... did not much care about it , other people would think it very strange , and that we should then be ashamed because people would say that we did not know good manners . Or I might have been asked to 60 [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
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