My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 79
... Hoddesdon , and it was convenient for me to be out of the way till my brother William could arrange to have me with him to learn land - surveying . As I shared my brother's bedroom and bed , I was no trouble , and I suppose I was ...
... Hoddesdon , and it was convenient for me to be out of the way till my brother William could arrange to have me with him to learn land - surveying . As I shared my brother's bedroom and bed , I was no trouble , and I suppose I was ...
Page 116
... Hoddesdon , and as there was no direct conveyance I made the journey on foot . It was , I think , the end of November , and as the distance was about thirty miles , and I was not very strong , I took two days , sleeping on the way at a ...
... Hoddesdon , and as there was no direct conveyance I made the journey on foot . It was , I think , the end of November , and as the distance was about thirty miles , and I was not very strong , I took two days , sleeping on the way at a ...
Page 117
... Hoddesdon for a short holiday . My brother while in London obtained the survey for tithe commutation of a parish in Bedfordshire , where I was to meet him on the 14th or 15th of January , at the village of Turvey , eight miles beyond ...
... Hoddesdon for a short holiday . My brother while in London obtained the survey for tithe commutation of a parish in Bedfordshire , where I was to meet him on the 14th or 15th of January , at the village of Turvey , eight miles beyond ...
Page 147
... Hoddesdon immediately , to apply half a dozen leeches to my chest at a place he marked with ink , and to take a bitter medicine he prescribed to give me an appetite ; but these were only preliminaries . The essential thing was the use ...
... Hoddesdon immediately , to apply half a dozen leeches to my chest at a place he marked with ink , and to take a bitter medicine he prescribed to give me an appetite ; but these were only preliminaries . The essential thing was the use ...
Page 223
... Hoddesdon , at the age of seventy - two , and was buried in the family vault in St. Andrew's churchyard , Hertford . As my sister's school was not paying very well , and it was necessary to economize as much as possible , the house was ...
... Hoddesdon , at the age of seventy - two , and was buried in the family vault in St. Andrew's churchyard , Hertford . As my sister's school was not paying very well , and it was necessary to economize as much as possible , the house was ...
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