My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 33
... look over the parapet into the deep , clear water rushing over a dam , and also see where the stream that turned the wheel passed swiftly under a low arch , and this was a sight that never palled upon us , so that almost every fine day ...
... look over the parapet into the deep , clear water rushing over a dam , and also see where the stream that turned the wheel passed swiftly under a low arch , and this was a sight that never palled upon us , so that almost every fine day ...
Page 36
... look in at the fascinating processes as long as we liked . First , there were two great vertical millstones of very smooth red granite , which shone beautifully from the oil of the ground seeds . These were fixed on each side of a ...
... look in at the fascinating processes as long as we liked . First , there were two great vertical millstones of very smooth red granite , which shone beautifully from the oil of the ground seeds . These were fixed on each side of a ...
Page 46
... look at me , and I had something given me to drink all night . I was told afterwards that the doctor said this was the crisis , that I was to have port wine in tea - spoonfuls at short intervals , and that if I was not dead before ...
... look at me , and I had something given me to drink all night . I was told afterwards that the doctor said this was the crisis , that I was to have port wine in tea - spoonfuls at short intervals , and that if I was not dead before ...
Page 61
... look so very strange . I have no doubt also that most of the boys had a fellow - feeling for me , and thought it a shame to thus make me an exception to all the school . But to me it seemed a cruel disgrace , and I was miserable so long ...
... look so very strange . I have no doubt also that most of the boys had a fellow - feeling for me , and thought it a shame to thus make me an exception to all the school . But to me it seemed a cruel disgrace , and I was miserable so long ...
Page 71
... look with compassion on the present generation of children and schoolboys who , from their earliest years , are overloaded with toys , so elaborately constructed and so highly finished that the very idea of making any toys for ...
... look with compassion on the present generation of children and schoolboys who , from their earliest years , are overloaded with toys , so elaborately constructed and so highly finished that the very idea of making any toys for ...
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