My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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... perhaps even from the Neolithic Age , should continue to be used on several of the Welsh rivers down to the present day . There is probably no other type of vessel now in existence which has remained unchanged for so long a period . But ...
... perhaps even from the Neolithic Age , should continue to be used on several of the Welsh rivers down to the present day . There is probably no other type of vessel now in existence which has remained unchanged for so long a period . But ...
Page 28
... perhaps the favourite , and whenever I heard it or read it in after years , the picture always in my mind was of the door- step of the Usk cottage with the kittens and the viper in the attitudes so picturesquely described . The other ...
... perhaps the favourite , and whenever I heard it or read it in after years , the picture always in my mind was of the door- step of the Usk cottage with the kittens and the viper in the attitudes so picturesquely described . The other ...
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... perhaps a few drops of coffee as a special luxury . Of the next few months of my life I have also but slight recollections , confined to a few isolated facts or incidents . On leaving the inn we went to my aunt's at Dulwich . Mrs ...
... perhaps a few drops of coffee as a special luxury . Of the next few months of my life I have also but slight recollections , confined to a few isolated facts or incidents . On leaving the inn we went to my aunt's at Dulwich . Mrs ...
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... perhaps five feet high , between us and the adjoining house . The very first incident I remember , which happened , I think , on the morning after my arrival , was of a boy about my own age looking over this wall , who at once inquired ...
... perhaps five feet high , between us and the adjoining house . The very first incident I remember , which happened , I think , on the morning after my arrival , was of a boy about my own age looking over this wall , who at once inquired ...
Page 33
... 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 the many advantages I enjoyed . Among its most delightful features are numerous rivers ...
... 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 the many advantages I enjoyed . Among its most delightful features are numerous rivers ...
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