My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 125
... equally important with the mere difference between one or two ploughings . I should have liked to have asked about this at the time , but I was too shy and afraid of exposing my ignorance . The farmers here were very proud of their ...
... equally important with the mere difference between one or two ploughings . I should have liked to have asked about this at the time , but I was too shy and afraid of exposing my ignorance . The farmers here were very proud of their ...
Page 135
... equally interested , and he agreed to go with me some morning very early when we should not be likely to be interfered with . So we started one morning about five , with a couple of spades , and began digging straight down in the middle ...
... equally interested , and he agreed to go with me some morning very early when we should not be likely to be interfered with . So we started one morning about five , with a couple of spades , and began digging straight down in the middle ...
Page 140
... equally different in their characters ; he was very slow of speech , but very fond of telling stories of his early life , usually very commonplace , and told in such a way as to be dreadfully wearisome . After every few words he would ...
... equally different in their characters ; he was very slow of speech , but very fond of telling stories of his early life , usually very commonplace , and told in such a way as to be dreadfully wearisome . After every few words he would ...
Page 195
... equally common and popular , and this was all . I knew nothing whatever as to genera and species , nor of the large numbers of distinct forms related to each other and grouped into natural orders . My delight , therefore , XIII ] 195 ...
... equally common and popular , and this was all . I knew nothing whatever as to genera and species , nor of the large numbers of distinct forms related to each other and grouped into natural orders . My delight , therefore , XIII ] 195 ...
Page 214
... equally luxurious . One of the most striking parts of the women's dress is the black beaver hat , which is almost universally worn and is both picturesque and becoming . It is made with a very high crown , narrow- ing towards the top ...
... equally luxurious . One of the most striking parts of the women's dress is the black beaver hat , which is almost universally worn and is both picturesque and becoming . It is made with a very high crown , narrow- ing towards the top ...
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