My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 39
... round here the country was woody and picturesque ; but our favourite walk , and that of the Grammar School boys , on fine half - holidays in summer , was to what we called the racing- field , a spot about two miles and a half south of ...
... round here the country was woody and picturesque ; but our favourite walk , and that of the Grammar School boys , on fine half - holidays in summer , was to what we called the racing- field , a spot about two miles and a half south of ...
Page 44
... round the town on their supporters ' shoulders seated in a chair highly decorated with rosettes and coloured ribbons . I well remember the election which took place after the Reform Bill of 1832 was passed , when Thomas Slingsby ...
... round the town on their supporters ' shoulders seated in a chair highly decorated with rosettes and coloured ribbons . I well remember the election which took place after the Reform Bill of 1832 was passed , when Thomas Slingsby ...
Page 50
... round one . These punishments were usually deserved , though not always . A stupid boy , or one who had a bad verbal memory , was often punished for what was called invincible idleness when it was really congenital incapacity to learn ...
... round one . These punishments were usually deserved , though not always . A stupid boy , or one who had a bad verbal memory , was often punished for what was called invincible idleness when it was really congenital incapacity to learn ...
Page 56
... round the garden , we retired to our playground rejoicing . Our regular games were cricket , baseball , leapfrog , high and long jumps , and , in the winter , turnpikes with hoops . This latter was a means of enabling those who had no ...
... round the garden , we retired to our playground rejoicing . Our regular games were cricket , baseball , leapfrog , high and long jumps , and , in the winter , turnpikes with hoops . This latter was a means of enabling those who had no ...
Page 57
... round the playground and a dozen or more hoops following each other pretty closely , the game was not devoid of its little excitements . We never played football ( so far as I remember ) , which at that time was by no means such a ...
... round the playground and a dozen or more hoops following each other pretty closely , the game was not devoid of its little excitements . We never played football ( so far as I remember ) , which at that time was by no means such a ...
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