My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 109
... land - surveyors , was something of a geologist , and he showed me the fossil oysters of the genus Gryphæa and the Belemnites , which we had hitherto called " thunderbolts , " and several other fossils which were abundant in the chalk ...
... land - surveyors , was something of a geologist , and he showed me the fossil oysters of the genus Gryphæa and the Belemnites , which we had hitherto called " thunderbolts , " and several other fossils which were abundant in the chalk ...
Page 122
... land- owners in the parish ; and in making out the reference books which give the owners of all the separate farms , etc. , we found that he himself owned some property , and that his name was H. H. Higgins . This interested me ...
... land- owners in the parish ; and in making out the reference books which give the owners of all the separate farms , etc. , we found that he himself owned some property , and that his name was H. H. Higgins . This interested me ...
Page 123
... land question , he remarked that he was perhaps one of the poorest landowners in Eng- land , for that he was heir to a considerable landed estate from which he never received anything , and probably never should , owing to family ...
... land question , he remarked that he was perhaps one of the poorest landowners in Eng- land , for that he was heir to a considerable landed estate from which he never received anything , and probably never should , owing to family ...
Page 137
... land - surveyor . This may be considered the first of several turning - points of my life , at which , by circumstances beyond my own con- trol , I have been insensibly directed into the course best adapted to develop my special mental ...
... land - surveyor . This may be considered the first of several turning - points of my life , at which , by circumstances beyond my own con- trol , I have been insensibly directed into the course best adapted to develop my special mental ...
Page 142
... land - surveying : — " I think you would like land - surveying , about half in- doors and half outdoors work . It is delightful on a fine summer's day to be ( literally ) cutting all over the country , following the chain and admiring ...
... land - surveying : — " I think you would like land - surveying , about half in- doors and half outdoors work . It is delightful on a fine summer's day to be ( literally ) cutting all over the country , following the chain and admiring ...
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