My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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Page 69
... described , during the two or three years we lived there . After that my brother John went to London , and was apprenticed to a builder to learn carpentry and joinery . When left alone at home , my younger brother being still too young ...
... described , during the two or three years we lived there . After that my brother John went to London , and was apprenticed to a builder to learn carpentry and joinery . When left alone at home , my younger brother being still too young ...
Page 72
... described . My sister lived in this family for two or three years , and was on terms of affection with the two girls till they were married . In the year 1834 , I think , my sister went to a French school in Lille in order to perfect ...
... described . My sister lived in this family for two or three years , and was on terms of affection with the two girls till they were married . In the year 1834 , I think , my sister went to a French school in Lille in order to perfect ...
Page 95
... described by Mr. W. L. Sargant in his work " Robert Owen and his Social Philosophy , " when describing the establishment of the mills about fifteen years before Owen acquired them : " To obtain a supply of adult labourers a village was ...
... described by Mr. W. L. Sargant in his work " Robert Owen and his Social Philosophy , " when describing the establishment of the mills about fifteen years before Owen acquired them : " To obtain a supply of adult labourers a village was ...
Page 111
... described and classified , and that there was any kind of system or order in the endless variety of plants and animals which I knew existed . This wish to know the names of wild plants , to be able even to speak of them , and to learn ...
... described and classified , and that there was any kind of system or order in the endless variety of plants and animals which I knew existed . This wish to know the names of wild plants , to be able even to speak of them , and to learn ...
Page 122
... described as round , or fat , but simply " jolly " in person as in manner . So when his friends left about an hour after dinner , I asked him , if he had no engagement , to stay a little longer , as I He was an enthusiastic wished to ...
... described as round , or fat , but simply " jolly " in person as in manner . So when his friends left about an hour after dinner , I asked him , if he had no engagement , to stay a little longer , as I He was an enthusiastic wished to ...
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