My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 26
... occurred on our side of the river , where , between the bridge and Llanbadock , not a new house had been built , and our cottage and garden , the path up to the front door , and the steep woody bank behind it , remained exactly as ...
... occurred on our side of the river , where , between the bridge and Llanbadock , not a new house had been built , and our cottage and garden , the path up to the front door , and the steep woody bank behind it , remained exactly as ...
Page 27
... occurred at this period of my life , and , so far as I can recall , then only . I seemed first to hear a distant beating or flapping sound , as of some creature with huge wings ; the sound came nearer and nearer , till at last a deep ...
... occurred at this period of my life , and , so far as I can recall , then only . I seemed first to hear a distant beating or flapping sound , as of some creature with huge wings ; the sound came nearer and nearer , till at last a deep ...
Page 41
... occurred after storms . The whole appearance of this channel was very strange and mysterious , as there was nothing like it anywhere else . We called it the Gulps or Gulphs , but it is now marked on the ordnance maps as Hag's Dell ...
... occurred after storms . The whole appearance of this channel was very strange and mysterious , as there was nothing like it anywhere else . We called it the Gulps or Gulphs , but it is now marked on the ordnance maps as Hag's Dell ...
Page 47
... occurred which I am unable to place at any other period . How it came about I do not at all remember , but a gentleman farmer from Norfolk must have come to see us about some business , possibly connected with my sister and her desired ...
... occurred which I am unable to place at any other period . How it came about I do not at all remember , but a gentleman farmer from Norfolk must have come to see us about some business , possibly connected with my sister and her desired ...
Page 51
... occurred now and then , of course it did not in the least affect our general mode of procedure when supposed to be learning our lesson . Crutwell read well , with a good emphasis and intonation , and I obtained a better idea of what ...
... occurred now and then , of course it did not in the least affect our general mode of procedure when supposed to be learning our lesson . Crutwell read well , with a good emphasis and intonation , and I obtained a better idea of what ...
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