My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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Page 31
... seen before . There were here also a family of cousins , some about my own age , and the few days we stayed were very bright and enjoyable . I rather think that my father , and perhaps my brother also , had left Usk a few days before us ...
... seen before . There were here also a family of cousins , some about my own age , and the few days we stayed were very bright and enjoyable . I rather think that my father , and perhaps my brother also , had left Usk a few days before us ...
Page 33
... seen again or that , so far as I know , are now alive . The old town of Hertford , in which I passed the most impressionable years of my life , and where I first obtained a rudimentary acquaintance with my fellow - creatures and with ...
... seen again or that , so far as I know , are now alive . The old town of Hertford , in which I passed the most impressionable years of my life , and where I first obtained a rudimentary acquaintance with my fellow - creatures and with ...
Page 37
... seen by us . I believe these old stamping - mills are now all replaced by hydraulic presses , which get more oil out and leave the cake harder , but the process would be almost silent and far less picturesque . A very interesting and ...
... seen by us . I believe these old stamping - mills are now all replaced by hydraulic presses , which get more oil out and leave the cake harder , but the process would be almost silent and far less picturesque . A very interesting and ...
Page 38
... seen another spring which equalled it in beauty , in the little island of Semau , near Timor , and that was by no means equal in colour - effects , but only in the depth and purity of the water and the fine rock - basins that contained ...
... seen another spring which equalled it in beauty , in the little island of Semau , near Timor , and that was by no means equal in colour - effects , but only in the depth and purity of the water and the fine rock - basins that contained ...
Page 48
... seen so many apples before . They were piled in great heaps on the ground , while men and boys went up the trees with ladders and gathered those from the higher branches into baskets . Of course , my little friend knew the best trees ...
... seen so many apples before . They were piled in great heaps on the ground , while men and boys went up the trees with ladders and gathered those from the higher branches into baskets . Of course , my little friend knew the best trees ...
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