My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 32
... told him that I had just come , and what my name was , and we at once made friends . The stand of a water - butt enabled me to get up and sit upon the wall , and by means of some similar convenience he could do the same , and we were ...
... told him that I had just come , and what my name was , and we at once made friends . The stand of a water - butt enabled me to get up and sit upon the wall , and by means of some similar convenience he could do the same , and we were ...
Page 41
... told that a wonderful plant , the bee - orchis , was sometimes found , and my father used to talk of it as a great rarity . Once , during the time we lived at Hertford , some one showed us the flower , and I remember looking at it as ...
... told that a wonderful plant , the bee - orchis , was sometimes found , and my father used to talk of it as a great rarity . Once , during the time we lived at Hertford , some one showed us the flower , and I remember looking at it as ...
Page 46
... told afterwards that the doctor said this was the crisis , that I was to have port wine in tea - spoonfuls at short intervals , and that if I was not dead before morning I might recover . For some weeks after this I lived a very ...
... told afterwards that the doctor said this was the crisis , that I was to have port wine in tea - spoonfuls at short intervals , and that if I was not dead before morning I might recover . For some weeks after this I lived a very ...
Page 47
... told me to walk about and see the shops or wait in the hall , and I should come in for dessert . So for more than an hour I wandered up and down the street near the hotel and past the great entrance to the cathedral . At last a servant ...
... told me to walk about and see the shops or wait in the hall , and I should come in for dessert . So for more than an hour I wandered up and down the street near the hotel and past the great entrance to the cathedral . At last a servant ...
Page 60
... told to use my right . No doubt I could have done this without much trouble , but I seemed to feel that to make such a change would be singular , would draw the attention of my brothers and sisters to me , and would be a kind of ...
... told to use my right . No doubt I could have done this without much trouble , but I seemed to feel that to make such a change would be singular , would draw the attention of my brothers and sisters to me , and would be a kind of ...
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