My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 31
... taken to a children's school at Ongar , in Essex , kept by two ladies - the Misses Marsh . I think it was at this place , because my father had an old friend there , a Mr. Dyer , a clergyman . There were a number of little boys and ...
... taken to a children's school at Ongar , in Essex , kept by two ladies - the Misses Marsh . I think it was at this place , because my father had an old friend there , a Mr. Dyer , a clergyman . There were a number of little boys and ...
Page 37
... taken out it was found to be converted into a compact oilcake . In this mill there were , I think , three or four counters parallel to each other , and on each , perhaps , six or eight stamps , and when all these were at work together ...
... taken out it was found to be converted into a compact oilcake . In this mill there were , I think , three or four counters parallel to each other , and on each , perhaps , six or eight stamps , and when all these were at work together ...
Page 48
... taken upstairs to bed . Whether this had anything to do with putting off the visit to Cromer , or some other domestic affairs , I never heard . However , next day all was right again , and I was treated very kindly , as if to show that ...
... taken upstairs to bed . Whether this had anything to do with putting off the visit to Cromer , or some other domestic affairs , I never heard . However , next day all was right again , and I was treated very kindly , as if to show that ...
Page 56
... taken a walk round the garden , we retired to our playground rejoicing . Our regular games were cricket , baseball , leapfrog , high and long jumps , and , in the winter , turnpikes with hoops . This latter was a means of enabling those ...
... taken a walk round the garden , we retired to our playground rejoicing . Our regular games were cricket , baseball , leapfrog , high and long jumps , and , in the winter , turnpikes with hoops . This latter was a means of enabling those ...
Page 61
... taken for school wear by making covers for the sleeves , which I was to wear in school . These were made of black calico , reaching from the cuff to the elbow , and though I protested that I could not wear them , that I should be looked ...
... taken for school wear by making covers for the sleeves , which I was to wear in school . These were made of black calico , reaching from the cuff to the elbow , and though I protested that I could not wear them , that I should be looked ...
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