My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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... seemed first to hear a distant beating or flapping sound , as of some creature with huge wings ; the sound came nearer and nearer , till at last a deep thud was heard and the flapping ceased . I then seemed to feel that the creature was ...
... seemed first to hear a distant beating or flapping sound , as of some creature with huge wings ; the sound came nearer and nearer , till at last a deep thud was heard and the flapping ceased . I then seemed to feel that the creature was ...
Page 30
... seemed to me about as wide as a small room , of its leaning over so that we were close to the water , and especially of the great boom of the mainsail , when our course was changed , requiring us all to stoop our heads for it to swing ...
... seemed to me about as wide as a small room , of its leaning over so that we were close to the water , and especially of the great boom of the mainsail , when our course was changed , requiring us all to stoop our heads for it to swing ...
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... seemed to me a curious and rather dangerous plan of groups of four very slender pillars instead of one large one to support the arches on each side of the nave . I did not know then that these were characteristic of the Early English ...
... seemed to me a curious and rather dangerous plan of groups of four very slender pillars instead of one large one to support the arches on each side of the nave . I did not know then that these were characteristic of the Early English ...
Page 45
... seemed to answer very well , and it was thought that it might be used for practice where good bowlers were not available , but it never came into general use , and is now , perhaps , wholly forgotten . CHAPTER IV HERTFORD : MY SCHOOL ...
... seemed to answer very well , and it was thought that it might be used for practice where good bowlers were not available , but it never came into general use , and is now , perhaps , wholly forgotten . CHAPTER IV HERTFORD : MY SCHOOL ...
Page 49
... seemed to trouble about how we provided the light . The school was reached by a path along the bottom of All Saints ' Churchyard , and entered by a door in the wall which entirely surrounded the school playground and master's garden ...
... seemed to trouble about how we provided the light . The school was reached by a path along the bottom of All Saints ' Churchyard , and entered by a door in the wall which entirely surrounded the school playground and master's garden ...
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