My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 119
... journey I found the air milder and the roads decidedly softer than the day before , and this soon increased , till by midday there was a regular thaw , which made the roads quite soft , but as there had been no snow not disagree- ably ...
... journey I found the air milder and the roads decidedly softer than the day before , and this soon increased , till by midday there was a regular thaw , which made the roads quite soft , but as there had been no snow not disagree- ably ...
Page 178
... journey , but I believe it was by coach through Hay and Brecon to Merthyr Tydvil , and thence by chaise to Neath . One solitary example of the rhyming letters I used to write has been preserved , giving my younger brother Herbert an ...
... journey , but I believe it was by coach through Hay and Brecon to Merthyr Tydvil , and thence by chaise to Neath . One solitary example of the rhyming letters I used to write has been preserved , giving my younger brother Herbert an ...
Page 197
... journey to the almost unknown forests of the Amazon in order to observe nature and make a living by collecting . All this may have been pure chance , as I long thought it was , but of late years I am more inclined to Hamlet's belief ...
... journey to the almost unknown forests of the Amazon in order to observe nature and make a living by collecting . All this may have been pure chance , as I long thought it was , but of late years I am more inclined to Hamlet's belief ...
Page 219
... Journeys and Voyages , success therein , and what places best to travel to or reside in ; Friends and Enemies , Trade or Profession best to follow and whether fortunate in speculations , viz . Lottery , dealing in foreign markets , & c ...
... Journeys and Voyages , success therein , and what places best to travel to or reside in ; Friends and Enemies , Trade or Profession best to follow and whether fortunate in speculations , viz . Lottery , dealing in foreign markets , & c ...
Page 221
... journey , generally performed on horseback , affords opportunities for converse not to be neglected . Thus it will not be wondered at , even by those who affirm the con- nection between religion and morality , that the latter is , as I ...
... journey , generally performed on horseback , affords opportunities for converse not to be neglected . Thus it will not be wondered at , even by those who affirm the con- nection between religion and morality , that the latter is , as I ...
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