My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 16
... probably his wed- ding - coat , and his usual costume , indicating the transition from the richly coloured semi - court dress of the earlier Georgian period to the plain black of our own day . He is shown as having a ruddy complexion ...
... probably his wed- ding - coat , and his usual costume , indicating the transition from the richly coloured semi - court dress of the earlier Georgian period to the plain black of our own day . He is shown as having a ruddy complexion ...
Page 21
... probably no other type of vessel now in existence which has remained unchanged for so long a period . But the chief attraction of the river to us children was the opportunity it afforded us for catching small fish , especially lampreys ...
... probably no other type of vessel now in existence which has remained unchanged for so long a period . But the chief attraction of the river to us children was the opportunity it afforded us for catching small fish , especially lampreys ...
Page 29
... probably , reach its maximum till the whole organism is fully developed in the adult individual . This is rather a comforting conclusion in view of the suffer- ings of so many infants needlessly massacred through the terrible defects of ...
... probably , reach its maximum till the whole organism is fully developed in the adult individual . This is rather a comforting conclusion in view of the suffer- ings of so many infants needlessly massacred through the terrible defects of ...
Page 30
... probably tired me so that it left no impression ; but besides the ferry - boat the only other incident I can clearly recall is our sleeping at an old inn in London , and our breakfast there the next morning . I rather think the inn was ...
... probably tired me so that it left no impression ; but besides the ferry - boat the only other incident I can clearly recall is our sleeping at an old inn in London , and our breakfast there the next morning . I rather think the inn was ...
Page 47
... probably a farmers ' dinner - about six o'clock , and he told me to walk about and see the shops or wait in the hall , and I should come in for dessert . So for more than an hour I wandered up and down the street near the hotel and past ...
... probably a farmers ' dinner - about six o'clock , and he told me to walk about and see the shops or wait in the hall , and I should come in for dessert . So for more than an hour I wandered up and down the street near the hotel and past ...
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