My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 101
... passed along the rooms . . . . Never perhaps in the history of the human race has so simple a device created in so short a period so much order , virtue , goodness , and happiness , out of so much ignorance , error , and misery . And ...
... passed along the rooms . . . . Never perhaps in the history of the human race has so simple a device created in so short a period so much order , virtue , goodness , and happiness , out of so much ignorance , error , and misery . And ...
Page 108
... passing near the place , he saw the girl again , and I walked slowly on . I soon heard loud voices , and , looking back , saw the girl's father , a big , formidable- looking man , threatening the young Lothario with his stick , and ...
... passing near the place , he saw the girl again , and I walked slowly on . I soon heard loud voices , and , looking back , saw the girl's father , a big , formidable- looking man , threatening the young Lothario with his stick , and ...
Page 109
... passing over a pulley , while the ends were adjusted by means of microscopes ; the exact tempera- ture being also taken by several thermometers in order to allow for contraction or expansion of the chains ; and by all these refinements ...
... passing over a pulley , while the ends were adjusted by means of microscopes ; the exact tempera- ture being also taken by several thermometers in order to allow for contraction or expansion of the chains ; and by all these refinements ...
Page 116
... passed a quarry of a reddish chalk almost as hard as marble , which was used for building . This surprised me , as I had hitherto only seen the soft varieties of chalk , and had been accustomed to look upon it as more earth than stone ...
... passed a quarry of a reddish chalk almost as hard as marble , which was used for building . This surprised me , as I had hitherto only seen the soft varieties of chalk , and had been accustomed to look upon it as more earth than stone ...
Page 121
... passed overhead at a moderate height , he threw up his gun , fired both barrels , and brought them both to the ground . Of course I went up to look at them , and found they were a fine pair of wild swans , the male being about five feet ...
... passed overhead at a moderate height , he threw up his gun , fired both barrels , and brought them both to the ground . Of course I went up to look at them , and found they were a fine pair of wild swans , the male being about five feet ...
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