My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 94
... short experience with Jones and with his three spinning - mules , he had never even seen any textile machinery or learnt anything about its construction . He describes how he suddenly found himself in the midst of five hundred men ...
... short experience with Jones and with his three spinning - mules , he had never even seen any textile machinery or learnt anything about its construction . He describes how he suddenly found himself in the midst of five hundred men ...
Page 101
... short a period so much order , virtue , goodness , and happiness , out of so much ignorance , error , and misery . And for many years the permanent daily conduct of a very large majority of those who were employed deserved , and had ...
... short a period so much order , virtue , goodness , and happiness , out of so much ignorance , error , and misery . And for many years the permanent daily conduct of a very large majority of those who were employed deserved , and had ...
Page 104
... short address at this " Hall of Science , " and that I was struck by his tall spare figure , very lofty head , and highly benevolent countenance and mode of speaking . Although later in life my very scanty knowledge of his work was not ...
... short address at this " Hall of Science , " and that I was struck by his tall spare figure , very lofty head , and highly benevolent countenance and mode of speaking . Although later in life my very scanty knowledge of his work was not ...
Page 116
... short holiday . My father and mother and my younger brother were then living in Hoddesdon , and as there was no direct conveyance I made the journey on foot . It was , I think , the end of November , and as the distance was about thirty ...
... short holiday . My father and mother and my younger brother were then living in Hoddesdon , and as there was no direct conveyance I made the journey on foot . It was , I think , the end of November , and as the distance was about thirty ...
Page 117
... short holiday . My brother while in London obtained the survey for tithe commutation of a parish in Bedfordshire , where I was to meet him on the 14th or 15th of January , at the village of Turvey , eight miles beyond Bedford . CHAPTER ...
... short holiday . My brother while in London obtained the survey for tithe commutation of a parish in Bedfordshire , where I was to meet him on the 14th or 15th of January , at the village of Turvey , eight miles beyond Bedford . CHAPTER ...
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