My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 29
... afterwards that it was really a severe burn . This , and other facts of a similar kind , make me think that young children suffer far less pain than adults from the same injuries . And this is quite in accordance with the purpose for ...
... afterwards that it was really a severe burn . This , and other facts of a similar kind , make me think that young children suffer far less pain than adults from the same injuries . And this is quite in accordance with the purpose for ...
Page 35
... afterwards , I always went in where the water was shallow , and did not learn to swim , however little , till several years later . Few small towns ( it had then less than six thousand in- habitants ) have a more agreeable public ...
... afterwards , I always went in where the water was shallow , and did not learn to swim , however little , till several years later . Few small towns ( it had then less than six thousand in- habitants ) have a more agreeable public ...
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... afterwards by the servant coming down to light the fire . That was the beginning of a severe attack of scarlet fever , and I remember little more but heat and horrid dreams till one evening when all the family came to look at me , and I ...
... afterwards by the servant coming down to light the fire . That was the beginning of a severe attack of scarlet fever , and I remember little more but heat and horrid dreams till one evening when all the family came to look at me , and I ...
Page 50
... afterwards , however trifling it might be , such as speaking to another boy or pinching him sur- reptitiously , he often , without another word , came down from his desk and gave the offender a resounding box on the ear . On one ...
... afterwards , however trifling it might be , such as speaking to another boy or pinching him sur- reptitiously , he often , without another word , came down from his desk and gave the offender a resounding box on the ear . On one ...
Page 53
... afterwards . He taught generally in the school , but the only recollection I have of him as a teacher was in one special case . Shortly before I left the school , I and a few others were put to translate one of the works of Cicero , and ...
... afterwards . He taught generally in the school , but the only recollection I have of him as a teacher was in one special case . Shortly before I left the school , I and a few others were put to translate one of the works of Cicero , and ...
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