My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 32
... appeared . We were rather frightened , and were , of course , lectured on the narrow escape we had had from drowning our- selves . This is really all I recollect of my first experience of a boarding - school . My next recollections are ...
... appeared . We were rather frightened , and were , of course , lectured on the narrow escape we had had from drowning our- selves . This is really all I recollect of my first experience of a boarding - school . My next recollections are ...
Page 38
... appeared to have a blue tint , producing exquisite shades of blue and green in ever- varying gradations , which were exceedingly beautiful . In fact only once have I seen another spring which equalled it in beauty , in the little island ...
... appeared to have a blue tint , producing exquisite shades of blue and green in ever- varying gradations , which were exceedingly beautiful . In fact only once have I seen another spring which equalled it in beauty , in the little island ...
Page 41
... appearance of this channel was very strange and mysterious , as there was nothing like it anywhere else . We called it the Gulps or Gulphs , but it is now marked on the ordnance maps as Hag's Dell , showing that it was looked upon as a ...
... appearance of this channel was very strange and mysterious , as there was nothing like it anywhere else . We called it the Gulps or Gulphs , but it is now marked on the ordnance maps as Hag's Dell , showing that it was looked upon as a ...
Page 78
... appearance . They also invariably used " thee " and " thou " instead of " you " in ordinary conversation , which added to the conviction that they were a people apart , who had many habits and qualities that might well be imitated by ...
... appearance . They also invariably used " thee " and " thou " instead of " you " in ordinary conversation , which added to the conviction that they were a people apart , who had many habits and qualities that might well be imitated by ...
Page 82
... appearance of the carpenters in Mr. Webster's shop , I wrote to ask my brother how they lived during the twelve years he was in London , the last six working as a journeyman in large shops and living on journeyman's 82 [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
... appearance of the carpenters in Mr. Webster's shop , I wrote to ask my brother how they lived during the twelve years he was in London , the last six working as a journeyman in large shops and living on journeyman's 82 [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
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