My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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... hundred a year , supplemented by his taking a few pupils and by a small salary which he received as librarian to a subscription library . While at Hoddesdon my sister Fanny got up a small boarding - school for young ladies in a roomy ...
... hundred a year , supplemented by his taking a few pupils and by a small salary which he received as librarian to a subscription library . While at Hoddesdon my sister Fanny got up a small boarding - school for young ladies in a roomy ...
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... hundred feet in diameter , filled with the most crystal clear water , and very deep in the centre , where the springs were continually bubbling upward , keeping up a good stream which supplied a considerable part of the water in the New ...
... hundred feet in diameter , filled with the most crystal clear water , and very deep in the centre , where the springs were continually bubbling upward , keeping up a good stream which supplied a considerable part of the water in the New ...
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... hundred feet above the sea , and half a mile further was Haileybury College , then a training college for the East India Company , now a public school . All round here the country was woody and picturesque ; but our favourite walk , and ...
... hundred feet above the sea , and half a mile further was Haileybury College , then a training college for the East India Company , now a public school . All round here the country was woody and picturesque ; but our favourite walk , and ...
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... hundred feet long by a hundred feet wide , bounded on each side by low buildings , forming offices , schoolrooms , and dormitories , while at the end were the large dining - hall and schoolrooms , and in front , near the great gates ...
... hundred feet long by a hundred feet wide , bounded on each side by low buildings , forming offices , schoolrooms , and dormitories , while at the end were the large dining - hall and schoolrooms , and in front , near the great gates ...
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... hundred feet away from the school ; and the large school- room was the only place we had to go to in wet weather , when not at meals , but as we were comparatively few in number , it answered our purpose very well . Occasionally Mr ...
... hundred feet away from the school ; and the large school- room was the only place we had to go to in wet weather , when not at meals , but as we were comparatively few in number , it answered our purpose very well . Occasionally Mr ...
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