My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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Page 21
... obtain stone , both for building and road - mending purposes . Here , occasionally , the rock was blasted , and sometimes we had the fearful delight of watching the explosion from a safe distance , and seeing a cloud of the smaller ...
... obtain stone , both for building and road - mending purposes . Here , occasionally , the rock was blasted , and sometimes we had the fearful delight of watching the explosion from a safe distance , and seeing a cloud of the smaller ...
Page 26
... obtained a striking proof of the accuracy of my memory of those scenes and objects . Although the town of Usk had grown considerably on the north side towards the railway , yet , to my surprise and delight , I found that no change ...
... obtained a striking proof of the accuracy of my memory of those scenes and objects . Although the town of Usk had grown considerably on the north side towards the railway , yet , to my surprise and delight , I found that no change ...
Page 33
... obtained a rudimentary acquaintance with my fellow - creatures and with nature , is , perhaps , on the whole , one of the most pleasantly situated county towns in England , although as a boy I did not know this , and did not appreciate ...
... obtained a rudimentary acquaintance with my fellow - creatures and with nature , is , perhaps , on the whole , one of the most pleasantly situated county towns in England , although as a boy I did not know this , and did not appreciate ...
Page 51
... Mr. Crutwell read well , with a good emphasis and intonation , and I obtained a better idea of what Virgil really was from his readings than from the fragmentary translations we scrambled through IV ] 51 HERTFORD : MY SCHOOL LIFE.
... Mr. Crutwell read well , with a good emphasis and intonation , and I obtained a better idea of what Virgil really was from his readings than from the fragmentary translations we scrambled through IV ] 51 HERTFORD : MY SCHOOL LIFE.
Page 65
... obtain the iron filings from some friendly whitesmith . The simplest fireworks to make were squibs , and in these we were quite successful , following the recipe in the " Boy's Own Book . " The cases we made before- hand with a little ...
... obtain the iron filings from some friendly whitesmith . The simplest fireworks to make were squibs , and in these we were quite successful , following the recipe in the " Boy's Own Book . " The cases we made before- hand with a little ...
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