My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 73
... England , and I well remember the whole family coming out with smoked glasses into the narrow yard at the side of the house in order to see it . I was rather disappointed , as it only produced a peculiar gloom such as often occurs ...
... England , and I well remember the whole family coming out with smoked glasses into the narrow yard at the side of the house in order to see it . I was rather disappointed , as it only produced a peculiar gloom such as often occurs ...
Page 74
... England and of Europe , which we only had out as a special treat now and then , and which besides having the constant charm of a puzzle , gave us a better knowledge of topographical geography than all our school teaching , and also gave ...
... England and of Europe , which we only had out as a special treat now and then , and which besides having the constant charm of a puzzle , gave us a better knowledge of topographical geography than all our school teaching , and also gave ...
Page 77
... England , and , as a rule , we all went to church twice on Sundays , usually in the morning and evening . We also had to learn a collect every Sunday morn- ing , and were periodically examined in our catechism . On very wet evenings my ...
... England , and , as a rule , we all went to church twice on Sundays , usually in the morning and evening . We also had to learn a collect every Sunday morn- ing , and were periodically examined in our catechism . On very wet evenings my ...
Page 87
... England . Here we sometimes heard lectures on Owen's doctrines , or on the principles of secularism or agnos- ticism , as it is now called ; at other times we read papers or books , or played draughts , dominoes , or bagatelle , and ...
... England . Here we sometimes heard lectures on Owen's doctrines , or on the principles of secularism or agnos- ticism , as it is now called ; at other times we read papers or books , or played draughts , dominoes , or bagatelle , and ...
Page 88
... England and Dissenters , and to argue that if those who taught and those who accepted such dogmas thoroughly believed them and realized their horror , all worldly pleasures and occu- pations would give way to the continual and strenuous ...
... England and Dissenters , and to argue that if those who taught and those who accepted such dogmas thoroughly believed them and realized their horror , all worldly pleasures and occu- pations would give way to the continual and strenuous ...
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