My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 61
... equally valid reasons , they were one day put in my pocket , and I was told to put them on just before I entered the school . Of course I could not do it ; so I brought them back and told my mother . Then , after another day or two of ...
... equally valid reasons , they were one day put in my pocket , and I was told to put them on just before I entered the school . Of course I could not do it ; so I brought them back and told my mother . Then , after another day or two of ...
Page 70
... properly , my hands being rather large for my age . This occurred in the winter , and when the cricket season came , I equally enjoyed my bat , which at once elevated me to the rank of the few bigger boys 70 [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
... properly , my hands being rather large for my age . This occurred in the winter , and when the cricket season came , I equally enjoyed my bat , which at once elevated me to the rank of the few bigger boys 70 [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
Page 96
... equally fierce opposition was made to any improvement in the condition of the houses and streets as to dirt , ventilation , drainage , etc. He vainly tried to assure the more intelligent of the overseers and 05 workmen that his object ...
... equally fierce opposition was made to any improvement in the condition of the houses and streets as to dirt , ventilation , drainage , etc. He vainly tried to assure the more intelligent of the overseers and 05 workmen that his object ...
Page 100
... Equally novel and ingenious was his method of avoiding the necessity for punishment , or even for a word of censure , for the many petty offences or infractions of rules that are inevitable in every large establishment . Owen calls it ...
... Equally novel and ingenious was his method of avoiding the necessity for punishment , or even for a word of censure , for the many petty offences or infractions of rules that are inevitable in every large establishment . Owen calls it ...
Page 120
... equally correct . In the winter frost was predicted for the last two weeks of the year , which was correct . In 1841 March was predicted to be a fine , dry , and mild month , which was correct . There was nothing very marked in the rest ...
... equally correct . In the winter frost was predicted for the last two weeks of the year , which was correct . In 1841 March was predicted to be a fine , dry , and mild month , which was correct . There was nothing very marked in the rest ...
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