My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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Page 133
... portion of the canal , it had been found necessary to erect steam- engines to pump up the water at every lock from the lower to the higher level . Sometimes there were two , three , or more locks close together , and in these cases a ...
... portion of the canal , it had been found necessary to erect steam- engines to pump up the water at every lock from the lower to the higher level . Sometimes there were two , three , or more locks close together , and in these cases a ...
Page 138
... portions of the watches as they were brought in by the outside piece - workers , the whole business being thus carried on in two small rooms in Bunhill Row . The movements of the watches dealt in were purchased in Coventry , where the ...
... portions of the watches as they were brought in by the outside piece - workers , the whole business being thus carried on in two small rooms in Bunhill Row . The movements of the watches dealt in were purchased in Coventry , where the ...
Page 143
... portion of one of Pugh's letters , partly perhaps on account of its extravagant flattery of my attempts at verse , though I always knew that I had no poetic faculty whatever . The letter began by describing what each one in the office ...
... portion of one of Pugh's letters , partly perhaps on account of its extravagant flattery of my attempts at verse , though I always knew that I had no poetic faculty whatever . The letter began by describing what each one in the office ...
Page 144
... portions about half a mile square , which were mounted on stiff paper or linen , and folded up in a loose cover for easy reference . In this way a whole parish of several thousand acres could be examined and corrected in a week or two ...
... portions about half a mile square , which were mounted on stiff paper or linen , and folded up in a loose cover for easy reference . In this way a whole parish of several thousand acres could be examined and corrected in a week or two ...
Page 150
... portion of the church still remaining , the walls having the remains of clustered columns attached to them . It would have made a charming summer residence in a few years , when the shrubs and trees had grown , and the whole ...
... portion of the church still remaining , the walls having the remains of clustered columns attached to them . It would have made a charming summer residence in a few years , when the shrubs and trees had grown , and the whole ...
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