My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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... remember as owner of the Town - mill in Hertford , and his daughters were my sisters ' playfellows and friends , but this family is now extinct so far as the town is concerned . A sister of my grandfather Greenell married Mr. John ...
... remember as owner of the Town - mill in Hertford , and his daughters were my sisters ' playfellows and friends , but this family is now extinct so far as the town is concerned . A sister of my grandfather Greenell married Mr. John ...
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... remember his telling us about his school was that his master dressed in the old fashion , and that he had a best suit entirely of yellow velvet . The When my father left school he was articled to a firm of solicitors - Messrs . Ewington ...
... remember his telling us about his school was that his master dressed in the old fashion , and that he had a best suit entirely of yellow velvet . The When my father left school he was articled to a firm of solicitors - Messrs . Ewington ...
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... remember , as a boy , seeing an elaborate engraving of the Portland Vase , which was one of the illustra- tions ; and in those days before photography , when all had to be done by skilled artists and engravers , such illustrations were ...
... remember , as a boy , seeing an elaborate engraving of the Portland Vase , which was one of the illustra- tions ; and in those days before photography , when all had to be done by skilled artists and engravers , such illustrations were ...
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... remember , only one servant was kept , and my father did most of the garden work himself , and provided the family with all the vegetables and most of the fruit which was consumed . Poultry , meat , fish , and all kinds of dairy produce ...
... remember , only one servant was kept , and my father did most of the garden work himself , and provided the family with all the vegetables and most of the fruit which was consumed . Poultry , meat , fish , and all kinds of dairy produce ...
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... remember him from the age of fifty - five onwards , his hair was rather thin and quite white , and he was always clean - shaved as in the miniature . He continued to wear the frilled shirt and thick white neckties , but never wore any ...
... remember him from the age of fifty - five onwards , his hair was rather thin and quite white , and he was always clean - shaved as in the miniature . He continued to wear the frilled shirt and thick white neckties , but never wore any ...
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