My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 69
... carried on their watch - chains to seal their letters . The seal itself would be perfectly reproduced with the glossy surface of the original , and when still more hardened by thorough drying , would make a beautiful impression in ...
... carried on their watch - chains to seal their letters . The seal itself would be perfectly reproduced with the glossy surface of the original , and when still more hardened by thorough drying , would make a beautiful impression in ...
Page 87
... carried on for many years at New Lanark . I also received my first knowledge of the arguments of sceptics , and read among other books Paine's " Age of Reason . " It must have been in one of the books or papers I read here that I met ...
... carried on for many years at New Lanark . I also received my first knowledge of the arguments of sceptics , and read among other books Paine's " Age of Reason . " It must have been in one of the books or papers I read here that I met ...
Page 88
... carry on the imagination through thousands of millions of millions of ages , till at last the globe could be seen to be a little smaller - and then on and on , and on for other and yet other myriads of ages , till after periods which to ...
... carry on the imagination through thousands of millions of millions of ages , till at last the globe could be seen to be a little smaller - and then on and on , and on for other and yet other myriads of ages , till after periods which to ...
Page 89
... carrying out his principles ; no one has ever shown so much ingenuity , so much insight into character , so much organizing power ; and no one has ever produced such striking results in the face of enormous diffi- culties as he produced ...
... carrying out his principles ; no one has ever shown so much ingenuity , so much insight into character , so much organizing power ; and no one has ever produced such striking results in the face of enormous diffi- culties as he produced ...
Page 94
... carried on the whole thing successfully , but in a very short time noticed imperfections in the thread , found out the defect in the machinery or in the mode of working that led to these imperfections , and then had these defects ...
... carried on the whole thing successfully , but in a very short time noticed imperfections in the thread , found out the defect in the machinery or in the mode of working that led to these imperfections , and then had these defects ...
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