My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 60
... produced any permanent effect on my character I cannot say , but the mere continuance of a painful dream for so many years is in itself an evil , and must almost certainly have had an injurious effect upon the bodily health . Even in my ...
... produced any permanent effect on my character I cannot say , but the mere continuance of a painful dream for so many years is in itself an evil , and must almost certainly have had an injurious effect upon the bodily health . Even in my ...
Page 61
... produced the dreaded calico sleeves , and told me that my mother wished me to wear them to save my jacket , and told me to put them on . Of course I had to do so . They fitted very well , and felt quite comfortable , and I dare say did ...
... produced the dreaded calico sleeves , and told me that my mother wished me to wear them to save my jacket , and told me to put them on . Of course I had to do so . They fitted very well , and felt quite comfortable , and I dare say did ...
Page 63
... produced abundance of grapes , but enabled my father to make some gallons of wine from the thinnings . But the most interesting feature of the premises to us two boys was a small stable with a loft over [ CHAP . it , which , not being ...
... produced abundance of grapes , but enabled my father to make some gallons of wine from the thinnings . But the most interesting feature of the premises to us two boys was a small stable with a loft over [ CHAP . it , which , not being ...
Page 73
... produced a peculiar gloom such as often occurs before a thunderstorm . While we were here a brewery was being built at the bottom of the yard , and while inspecting it and inquiring what the various tanks , boilers , etc. , were for , I ...
... produced a peculiar gloom such as often occurs before a thunderstorm . While we were here a brewery was being built at the bottom of the yard , and while inspecting it and inquiring what the various tanks , boilers , etc. , were for , I ...
Page 89
... produced hardly any effect on our systems of criminal law or of general education ; and though other writers have ... produced such striking results in the face of enormous diffi- culties as he produced during the twenty - six years of ...
... produced hardly any effect on our systems of criminal law or of general education ; and though other writers have ... produced such striking results in the face of enormous diffi- culties as he produced during the twenty - six years of ...
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