My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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Page 61
... told to put them on just before I entered the school . Of course I could not do it ; so I brought them back and told my mother . Then , after another day or two of trial , one morning the dreaded thunderbolt fell upon me . On entering ...
... told to put them on just before I entered the school . Of course I could not do it ; so I brought them back and told my mother . Then , after another day or two of trial , one morning the dreaded thunderbolt fell upon me . On entering ...
Page 64
... told us how to make num- bers of things boys never think of making now , partly because everything is made for them , and also because children get so many presents of elaborate or highly ornamented toys when very young , that by the ...
... told us how to make num- bers of things boys never think of making now , partly because everything is made for them , and also because children get so many presents of elaborate or highly ornamented toys when very young , that by the ...
Page 70
... told was full of old furniture and other things , so I one day asked if I might go up into it . Miss Davies , who was very kind though melancholy , said I might . So I went up , and found all kinds of old broken or moth - eaten ...
... told was full of old furniture and other things , so I one day asked if I might go up into it . Miss Davies , who was very kind though melancholy , said I might . So I went up , and found all kinds of old broken or moth - eaten ...
Page 81
... told the conference that Mr. Giffen's statements in the same table , of the earnings of her fellow - workers , were grossly inaccurate . He gave them as 25s . a week against 16s . fifty years earlier , whereas they were only earning an ...
... told the conference that Mr. Giffen's statements in the same table , of the earnings of her fellow - workers , were grossly inaccurate . He gave them as 25s . a week against 16s . fifty years earlier , whereas they were only earning an ...
Page 88
... told to suppose that the whole earth was a mass of fine sand , and that at the end of a thousand years one single grain of this sand flew away into space . Then we were told - let us try to imagine the slow procession of the ages ...
... told to suppose that the whole earth was a mass of fine sand , and that at the end of a thousand years one single grain of this sand flew away into space . Then we were told - let us try to imagine the slow procession of the ages ...
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