My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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... 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 was then called ...
... 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 was then called ...
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... walk round the top , which had a low parapet on the outer 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 ...
... walk round the top , which had a low parapet on the outer 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 ...
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... 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 was a very beautiful view up the river - valley , of ...
... 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 was a very beautiful view up the river - valley , of ...
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... walk round its top- all come before me as I recall these earlier days with a dis- tinctness strangely contrasted with the vague shadowy figures of the human beings who were my constant associates in all these scenes . In the house I ...
... walk round its top- all come before me as I recall these earlier days with a dis- tinctness strangely contrasted with the vague shadowy figures of the human beings who were my constant associates in all these scenes . In the house I ...
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... walks through flowery meads , many pic- turesque old mills , and a great variety of landscape . The river Lea , coming from the south - west , passes through the middle of the town , where the old town mill was situated in an open space ...
... walks through flowery meads , many pic- turesque old mills , and a great variety of landscape . The river Lea , coming from the south - west , passes through the middle of the town , where the old town mill was situated in an open space ...
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