My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 16
... character . In a miniature of himself , painted just before his marriage , when he was thirty - five years old , he is repre- sented in a blue coat with gilt buttons , a white waistcoat , a thick white neck - cloth coming up to the chin ...
... character . In a miniature of himself , painted just before his marriage , when he was thirty - five years old , he is repre- sented in a blue coat with gilt buttons , a white waistcoat , a thick white neck - cloth coming up to the chin ...
Page 17
... character he was quiet and even - tempered , very religious in the orthodox Church - of - England way , and with such a reliance on Providence as almost to amount to fatalism . He was fond of reading , and through reading clubs or ...
... character he was quiet and even - tempered , very religious in the orthodox Church - of - England way , and with such a reliance on Providence as almost to amount to fatalism . He was fond of reading , and through reading clubs or ...
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... characters . The English and writing master , who also taught French , was a handsome , fair young man named Fitzjohn . He was something of a dandy , wearing white duck trousers in the summer , and always having a bright - coloured ...
... characters . The English and writing master , who also taught French , was a handsome , fair young man named Fitzjohn . He was something of a dandy , wearing white duck trousers in the summer , and always having a bright - coloured ...
Page 60
... character I cannot say , but the mere continuance of a painful dream for so many years is in itself an evil , and must almost certainly have had an injurious effect upon the bodily health . Even in my home- life I was subject to ...
... character I cannot say , but the mere continuance of a painful dream for so many years is in itself an evil , and must almost certainly have had an injurious effect upon the bodily health . Even in my home- life I was subject to ...
Page 79
... character , and also furnished me with information which I could have obtained in no other way , I devote the present chapter to giving a short account of it . Mr. Webster was a small master builder , who had a work shop in a yard about ...
... character , and also furnished me with information which I could have obtained in no other way , I devote the present chapter to giving a short account of it . Mr. Webster was a small master builder , who had a work shop in a yard about ...
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