My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 63
... acquainted with some of our common garden flowers . The gable end of the house in the yard , facing nearly south , had few windows , and was covered over with an old vine which not only produced abundance of grapes , but enabled my ...
... acquainted with some of our common garden flowers . The gable end of the house in the yard , facing nearly south , had few windows , and was covered over with an old vine which not only produced abundance of grapes , but enabled my ...
Page 68
... acquaintance . Bread - seals were easier to make , and were more interest- ing in their results . In those ante - penny - postage days envelopes were unknown , as one of the rules of the post - office was that each letter must consist ...
... acquaintance . Bread - seals were easier to make , and were more interest- ing in their results . In those ante - penny - postage days envelopes were unknown , as one of the rules of the post - office was that each letter must consist ...
Page 72
... acquainted with , he became bankrupt in this year , and his own wife and large family were at once reduced from a condition of comfort and even affluence to poverty , almost as great as our own . But we children also suffered , for ...
... acquainted with , he became bankrupt in this year , and his own wife and large family were at once reduced from a condition of comfort and even affluence to poverty , almost as great as our own . But we children also suffered , for ...
Page 87
... acquaintance with Owen's writings , and especially with the wonderful and beneficent work he had carried on for many years at New Lanark . I also received my first knowledge of the arguments of sceptics , and read among other books ...
... acquaintance with Owen's writings , and especially with the wonderful and beneficent work he had carried on for many years at New Lanark . I also received my first knowledge of the arguments of sceptics , and read among other books ...
Page 110
... acquaintance with its general principles which have remained with me throughout my life . It was here , too , that during my solitary rambles I first began to feel the influence of nature and to wish ΠΟ [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
... acquaintance with its general principles which have remained with me throughout my life . It was here , too , that during my solitary rambles I first began to feel the influence of nature and to wish ΠΟ [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
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