My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 11
... paper , 11 by 8 inches to the outer line of the engraving , the margins having been cut off . It is headed " Gallery of Antiquities , British Museum , Pl . I. , " and contains forty distinct copper - plate engravings of parts of friezes ...
... paper , 11 by 8 inches to the outer line of the engraving , the margins having been cut off . It is headed " Gallery of Antiquities , British Museum , Pl . I. , " and contains forty distinct copper - plate engravings of parts of friezes ...
Page 23
... paper , so that the two boys had a very good supper . Then , collecting fern and dead leaves for a bed , and I think making a coverlet by taking off their two jackets , which made them quite comfort- able while lying as close together ...
... paper , so that the two boys had a very good supper . Then , collecting fern and dead leaves for a bed , and I think making a coverlet by taking off their two jackets , which made them quite comfort- able while lying as close together ...
Page 65
... paper and paste . Crackers were much more difficult , and the home - made ones were apt to go off all at once instead of making the regular succession of bangs which the shop article seemed never to fail in doing . But by perseverance ...
... paper and paste . Crackers were much more difficult , and the home - made ones were apt to go off all at once instead of making the regular succession of bangs which the shop article seemed never to fail in doing . But by perseverance ...
Page 66
... paper or tow , would shoot them out with a report almost equal to that of a small pistol . Far more elaborate and ingenious , however , were the spring - pistols which my brother made so well and finished so beautifully that he often ...
... paper or tow , would shoot them out with a report almost equal to that of a small pistol . Far more elaborate and ingenious , however , were the spring - pistols which my brother made so well and finished so beautifully that he often ...
Page 68
... paper either enclosed or outside constituting it a double letter with double postage . Almost every letter , therefore , was sealed , and many of them had either coats - of- arms , crests , heads , or mottoes , so that besides the ...
... paper either enclosed or outside constituting it a double letter with double postage . Almost every letter , therefore , was sealed , and many of them had either coats - of- arms , crests , heads , or mottoes , so that besides the ...
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