My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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Page 36
... feet above the counter , and just below them was a square hole . As we looked on a man would take a small canvas sack about two feet long , fill it quite full of linseed meal from a large box by his side , place this bag in a strong ...
... feet above the counter , and just below them was a square hole . As we looked on a man would take a small canvas sack about two feet long , fill it quite full of linseed meal from a large box by his side , place this bag in a strong ...
Page 37
... the high - road , and about a quarter of a mile from the main river . As I knew it , it was a circular pond nearly a hundred feet in diameter , filled with the most crystal clear water , and very deep HERTFORD : HOME OF MY BOYHOOD 37.
... the high - road , and about a quarter of a mile from the main river . As I knew it , it was a circular pond nearly a hundred feet in diameter , filled with the most crystal clear water , and very deep HERTFORD : HOME OF MY BOYHOOD 37.
Page 38
... feet and upwards at from four to five miles away . This district was all gravelly with a chalk subsoil , the chalk in many places coming up to the surface , while in others it was only reached at a depth of ten or twenty feet . In the ...
... feet and upwards at from four to five miles away . This district was all gravelly with a chalk subsoil , the chalk in many places coming up to the surface , while in others it was only reached at a depth of ten or twenty feet . In the ...
Page 39
... feet above the sea , and half a mile further was Haileybury College , then a training college for the East India Company , now a public school . All around here the country was woody and picturesque ; but our favourite walk , and that ...
... feet above the sea , and half a mile further was Haileybury College , then a training college for the East India Company , now a public school . All around here the country was woody and picturesque ; but our favourite walk , and that ...
Page 41
... feet or more , in others shallow , and in some places there were vertical drops where regular little waterfalls occurred after storms . The whole appearance of this channel was very strange and mysterious , as there was nothing like it ...
... feet or more , in others shallow , and in some places there were vertical drops where regular little waterfalls occurred after storms . The whole appearance of this channel was very strange and mysterious , as there was nothing like it ...
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