My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 114
... acquaintances and of hearing whatever news was to be had . Sometimes a labourer out of work , and having perhaps a ... acquaintance we had made while surveying gave us a call , and my brother hospitably invited him to take a glass of ...
... acquaintances and of hearing whatever news was to be had . Sometimes a labourer out of work , and having perhaps a ... acquaintance we had made while surveying gave us a call , and my brother hospitably invited him to take a glass of ...
Page 122
... acquaintance at Turvey , but I did not see how a Liverpool clergyman could have any close relationship to a wealthy Bedfordshire landowner . I found Mr. Higgins at the station with a carriage ready , and he told me that , as I did not ...
... acquaintance at Turvey , but I did not see how a Liverpool clergyman could have any close relationship to a wealthy Bedfordshire landowner . I found Mr. Higgins at the station with a carriage ready , and he told me that , as I did not ...
Page 124
... acquainted with the labourers , mechanics , and small village shopkeepers ; I here had an equal opportunity of observing how well - to - do farmers occupied their leisure . These seemed to be rather a serious class , whose conversation ...
... acquainted with the labourers , mechanics , and small village shopkeepers ; I here had an equal opportunity of observing how well - to - do farmers occupied their leisure . These seemed to be rather a serious class , whose conversation ...
Page 127
... acquaintance of some pleasant people , and on Sundays we were often asked out to tea , which I should have enjoyed more than I did had it not been for my excessive shyness , which was at this time aggravated by the fact that I was ...
... acquaintance of some pleasant people , and on Sundays we were often asked out to tea , which I should have enjoyed more than I did had it not been for my excessive shyness , which was at this time aggravated by the fact that I was ...
Page 145
... acquainted with their correspondence , from which he quoted some of the more interesting passages , apparently verbatim , and with sympathetic intonation . This is the only occasion on which I have heard the subject dealt with in ...
... acquainted with their correspondence , from which he quoted some of the more interesting passages , apparently verbatim , and with sympathetic intonation . This is the only occasion on which I have heard the subject dealt with in ...
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