My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 37
... remained suspended ; a turn of a handle enabled the first wedge to be drawn out and a much thicker one inserted , when , after two or three blows , this became so hard to drive that the rammer falling upon it made a dull sound and ...
... remained suspended ; a turn of a handle enabled the first wedge to be drawn out and a much thicker one inserted , when , after two or three blows , this became so hard to drive that the rammer falling upon it made a dull sound and ...
Page 48
... remained clearly impressed upon my memory . It may be well here to give a brief outline of my school life at Hertford and of the schoolmaster who taught me . The school itself was built in the year 1617 , when the school was founded ...
... remained clearly impressed upon my memory . It may be well here to give a brief outline of my school life at Hertford and of the schoolmaster who taught me . The school itself was built in the year 1617 , when the school was founded ...
Page 49
... remained till five in the afternoon , some artificial light- ing was necessary , and this was effected by the primitive method of every boy bringing his own candles or candle - ends with any kind of candlestick he liked . An empty ink ...
... remained till five in the afternoon , some artificial light- ing was necessary , and this was effected by the primitive method of every boy bringing his own candles or candle - ends with any kind of candlestick he liked . An empty ink ...
Page 57
... remained in he won the whole , while if the number was odd he lost them . When a boy had lost all his stock of marbles he bought a halfpenny worth and went on playing , and in the end some would lose all the marbles they began with and ...
... remained in he won the whole , while if the number was odd he lost them . When a boy had lost all his stock of marbles he bought a halfpenny worth and went on playing , and in the end some would lose all the marbles they began with and ...
Page 60
... remained under this punishment several days , and that it was only under the kind persuasions and advice of my mother and sisters that I was at length allowed to come down ; and this was the most terrible ordeal of all , and when I ...
... remained under this punishment several days , and that it was only under the kind persuasions and advice of my mother and sisters that I was at length allowed to come down ; and this was the most terrible ordeal of all , and when I ...
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