My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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Page 35
... later . Few small towns ( it had then less than six thousand in- habitants ) have a more agreeable public playground than Hartham , with the level valley of the Lea stretching away to Ware on the east , the town itself just over the ...
... later . Few small towns ( it had then less than six thousand in- habitants ) have a more agreeable public playground than Hartham , with the level valley of the Lea stretching away to Ware on the east , the town itself just over the ...
Page 63
... later , and because it was in many ways more educational than the time I spent at school , I think it well to devote a separate chapter to a short account of it . During the year or two spent at the first house we occu- pied in St ...
... later , and because it was in many ways more educational than the time I spent at school , I think it well to devote a separate chapter to a short account of it . During the year or two spent at the first house we occu- pied in St ...
Page 65
... later , by some exchange with a fellow school- boy or in any other way , we got possession of one of the small brass cannons made for toys , our joy was great ; and I remember our immense admiration at one of these brass cannon , about ...
... later , by some exchange with a fellow school- boy or in any other way , we got possession of one of the small brass cannons made for toys , our joy was great ; and I remember our immense admiration at one of these brass cannon , about ...
Page 69
... . The nearest approach to it was about a year later when , for some family reason that I quite forget , I was left to board with Miss Davies at All Saints ' Vicarage , then used as a post V ] 69 HERTFORD : MY HOME - LIFE.
... . The nearest approach to it was about a year later when , for some family reason that I quite forget , I was left to board with Miss Davies at All Saints ' Vicarage , then used as a post V ] 69 HERTFORD : MY HOME - LIFE.
Page 71
... later on I learnt to use the simpler tools . During my whole life I have kept a few such tools by me , and have always taken a pleasure in doing the various little repairs continually needed in a house and garden . I therefore look with ...
... later on I learnt to use the simpler tools . During my whole life I have kept a few such tools by me , and have always taken a pleasure in doing the various little repairs continually needed in a house and garden . I therefore look with ...
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