My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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... side , more especially as my father seldom spoke of his youth , and I as a boy felt no interest in his genealogy . Neither did my eldest brother William - with whom I lived VOL . I. B till I was of age - ever speak on the MY RELATIVES ...
... side , more especially as my father seldom spoke of his youth , and I as a boy felt no interest in his genealogy . Neither did my eldest brother William - with whom I lived VOL . I. B till I was of age - ever speak on the MY RELATIVES ...
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... side , while on the inner we looked down to the bottom of the tower , which descended below the ground - level into an excavation said to have been the dungeon . The top of the walls was about three feet thick , and it was thus quite ...
... side , while on the inner we looked down to the bottom of the tower , which descended below the ground - level into an excavation said to have been the dungeon . The top of the walls was about three feet thick , and it was thus quite ...
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... side of the river , while we lived on the west . The walk there was a very pleasant one , with the clear , swift - flowing river on one side and the narrow fields and wooded steep bank on the other ; while from the bridge itself there ...
... side of the river , while we lived on the west . The walk there was a very pleasant one , with the clear , swift - flowing river on one side and the narrow fields and wooded steep bank on the other ; while from the bridge itself there ...
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... side towards the railway , yet , to my surprise and delight , I found that no change whatever had occurred on our side of the river , where , between the bridge and Llanbadock , not a new house had been built , and our cottage and ...
... side towards the railway , yet , to my surprise and delight , I found that no change whatever had occurred on our side of the river , where , between the bridge and Llanbadock , not a new house had been built , and our cottage and ...
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... side of the boat , which seemed to me about as wide as a small room , of its leaning over so that we were close to the water , and especially of the great boom of the mainsail , when our course was changed , requiring us all to stoop ...
... side of the boat , which seemed to me about as wide as a small room , of its leaning over so that we were close to the water , and especially of the great boom of the mainsail , when our course was changed , requiring us all to stoop ...
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