My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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... interesting , I have kept this in mind , perhaps unduly , though I am not at all sure that my own conclusions on this point are correct . It is difficult to write such a record as mine ( extending to the memories of nearly eighty years ) ...
... interesting , I have kept this in mind , perhaps unduly , though I am not at all sure that my own conclusions on this point are correct . It is difficult to write such a record as mine ( extending to the memories of nearly eighty years ) ...
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... interesting because founded on a custom common in my youth , but which has now wholly passed away . " Kitty , a fair but frozen maid , Kindled a flame I still deplore , The hood - wink'd Boy was called in aid So fatal to my suit before ...
... interesting because founded on a custom common in my youth , but which has now wholly passed away . " Kitty , a fair but frozen maid , Kindled a flame I still deplore , The hood - wink'd Boy was called in aid So fatal to my suit before ...
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... interesting that this extremely ancient boat , which has been in use from pre - Roman times , and perhaps even from the Neolithic Age , should continue to be used on several of the Welsh rivers down to the present day . There is ...
... interesting that this extremely ancient boat , which has been in use from pre - Roman times , and perhaps even from the Neolithic Age , should continue to be used on several of the Welsh rivers down to the present day . There is ...
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... interesting " Natural History , " tells us that he has caught thousands of them with his bare hands , and has often had six or seven at once sticking to his hand without causing the slightest pain or leaving the least mark . The ...
... interesting " Natural History , " tells us that he has caught thousands of them with his bare hands , and has often had six or seven at once sticking to his hand without causing the slightest pain or leaving the least mark . The ...
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... interesting and beautiful object connected with the water - supply of the neighbourhood was the New River Head or Chadwell Spring , the source of the original New River brought to London by Sir Hugh Myddleton . It is about two - thirds ...
... interesting and beautiful object connected with the water - supply of the neighbourhood was the New River Head or Chadwell Spring , the source of the original New River brought to London by Sir Hugh Myddleton . It is about two - thirds ...
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