My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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... soon From earth ! May your prosperity be short ! You grasp at gain and shun expense : your door , Inhospitable Pope , stands ever shut . Naught to the poor you give : your power is due To wealth not worth : by intrigue you have risen ...
... soon From earth ! May your prosperity be short ! You grasp at gain and shun expense : your door , Inhospitable Pope , stands ever shut . Naught to the poor you give : your power is due To wealth not worth : by intrigue you have risen ...
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... soon after he appears to have re- moved to St. George's , Southwark , in which parish my brother John was born in 1818. Shortly afterwards his affairs must have been getting worse , and he determined to move with his family of six ...
... soon after he appears to have re- moved to St. George's , Southwark , in which parish my brother John was born in 1818. Shortly afterwards his affairs must have been getting worse , and he determined to move with his family of six ...
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... soon , Nor brought too long a day , But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away , " always brought to my mind the memory of the little blue- papered room at Usk , which faced somewhat east of south , and into which ...
... soon , Nor brought too long a day , But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away , " always brought to my mind the memory of the little blue- papered room at Usk , which faced somewhat east of south , and into which ...
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... soon as we went to live in a town . I remember only one childish accident . The cook was taking away a frying - pan with a good deal of boiling fat in it , which for some reason I wanted to see , and , stretching out my arm over it , I ...
... soon as we went to live in a town . I remember only one childish accident . The cook was taking away a frying - pan with a good deal of boiling fat in it , which for some reason I wanted to see , and , stretching out my arm over it , I ...
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... soon after this that I had the first of the three serious illnesses which at different periods brought me within a few hours of death in the opinion of those around me . I know that it must have been after I went to the school by the ...
... soon after this that I had the first of the three serious illnesses which at different periods brought me within a few hours of death in the opinion of those around me . I know that it must have been after I went to the school by the ...
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