My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 16
... coloured semi - court dress of the earlier Georgian period to the plain black of our own day . He is shown as having a ruddy complexion , blue eyes , and care- fully dressed and curled hair , which I think must have been powdered , or ...
... coloured semi - court dress of the earlier Georgian period to the plain black of our own day . He is shown as having a ruddy complexion , blue eyes , and care- fully dressed and curled hair , which I think must have been powdered , or ...
Page 25
... colour of the house , the road , the river close below it , the bridge with the cottage near its foot , the narrow fields between us and the bridge , the steep wooded bank at the back , the stone quarry and the very shape and position ...
... colour of the house , the road , the river close below it , the bridge with the cottage near its foot , the narrow fields between us and the bridge , the steep wooded bank at the back , the stone quarry and the very shape and position ...
Page 26
... colour , and comparison are decidedly stronger . Deficiency in the first two caused me to take little notice of the characteristic form and features of the separate individualities which were most familiar to me , and from that very ...
... colour , and comparison are decidedly stronger . Deficiency in the first two caused me to take little notice of the characteristic form and features of the separate individualities which were most familiar to me , and from that very ...
Page 38
... colour - effects , but only in the depth and purity of the water and the fine rock - basins that contained it . I am informed that now this beautiful Chadwell Spring has been entirely destroyed by the boring of deep wells in the ...
... colour - effects , but only in the depth and purity of the water and the fine rock - basins that contained it . I am informed that now this beautiful Chadwell Spring has been entirely destroyed by the boring of deep wells in the ...
Page 44
... coloured ribbons . I well remember the election which took place after the Reform Bill of 1832 was passed , when Thomas Slingsby Duncombe was the Radical member , and was returned at the head of the poll . I saw him being chaired , and ...
... coloured ribbons . I well remember the election which took place after the Reform Bill of 1832 was passed , when Thomas Slingsby Duncombe was the Radical member , and was returned at the head of the poll . I saw him being chaired , and ...
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