My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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... - work you took great delight And had power to force it to any Height , But in Water - closets great was your skill , For each branch was subordinate to your will . But now your Glass is run - your work is I ] MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS.
... - work you took great delight And had power to force it to any Height , But in Water - closets great was your skill , For each branch was subordinate to your will . But now your Glass is run - your work is I ] MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS.
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... delights to linger here And many a cheek is moistened with a tear . The wife , the child , the parent , and the friend In soft regret by these sweet trophies bend . Nor let the selfish sneer , the proud upbraid , The tribute thus by ...
... delights to linger here And many a cheek is moistened with a tear . The wife , the child , the parent , and the friend In soft regret by these sweet trophies bend . Nor let the selfish sneer , the proud upbraid , The tribute thus by ...
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... delight of watching the explosion from a safe distance , and seeing a cloud of the smaller stones shoot up into the air . At some earlier period very large charges of powder must have been used , hurling great slabs of rock across the ...
... delight of watching the explosion from a safe distance , and seeing a cloud of the smaller stones shoot up into the air . At some earlier period very large charges of powder must have been used , hurling great slabs of rock across the ...
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... delightful that one day John provided himself with the matchbox , salt , and potatoes , and having climbed up the steep bank behind our house , as we often did , and passed over a field or two to the woods beyond , to my great delight a ...
... delightful that one day John provided himself with the matchbox , salt , and potatoes , and having climbed up the steep bank behind our house , as we often did , and passed over a field or two to the woods beyond , to my great delight a ...
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... delightful walk round its top- all come before me as I recall these earlier days with a dis- tinctness strangely contrasted with the vague shadowy figures of the human beings who were my constant associates in all these scenes . In the ...
... delightful walk round its top- all come before me as I recall these earlier days with a dis- tinctness strangely contrasted with the vague shadowy figures of the human beings who were my constant associates in all these scenes . In the ...
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