My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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... took great delight And had power to force it to any Height , But in Water - closets great was your skill , For each branch was subordinate to your will . But now your Glass is run - your work is I ] MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS.
... took great delight And had power to force it to any Height , But in Water - closets great was your skill , For each branch was subordinate to your will . But now your Glass is run - your work is I ] MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS.
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... took a small dairy - farm at too high a rent , and not making this pay , in 1849 he emigrated to California at the height of the first rush for gold , joined several mining camps , and was moderately successful . About five years later ...
... took a small dairy - farm at too high a rent , and not making this pay , in 1849 he emigrated to California at the height of the first rush for gold , joined several mining camps , and was moderately successful . About five years later ...
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... took very long walks . He was rather precise and regular in his habits , quiet and rather dignified in manners , and somewhat of what is termed a gentleman of the old school . Of course , he always wore a top - hat - a beaver hat as it ...
... took very long walks . He was rather precise and regular in his habits , quiet and rather dignified in manners , and somewhat of what is termed a gentleman of the old school . Of course , he always wore a top - hat - a beaver hat as it ...
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... took part . Among the books read to us was " Sandford and Merton , " the only part of which that I distinctly remember is when the two boys got lost in a wood after dark , and while Merton could do nothing but cry at the idea of having ...
... took part . Among the books read to us was " Sandford and Merton , " the only part of which that I distinctly remember is when the two boys got lost in a wood after dark , and while Merton could do nothing but cry at the idea of having ...
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... took at that period , and though I was always afraid of it , it was not nearly so distressing as many of the nightmares I have had since . I may here add another illustration of how vividly these II ] 27 USK : MY EARLIEST MEMORIES.
... took at that period , and though I was always afraid of it , it was not nearly so distressing as many of the nightmares I have had since . I may here add another illustration of how vividly these II ] 27 USK : MY EARLIEST MEMORIES.
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