My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1905 |
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Page 44
... took place after the Reform Bill of 1832 was passed , when Thomas Slingsby Duncombe was the Radical member , and was returned at the head of the poll . I saw him being chaired , and when he had been brought back to the door of his hotel ...
... took place after the Reform Bill of 1832 was passed , when Thomas Slingsby Duncombe was the Radical member , and was returned at the head of the poll . I saw him being chaired , and when he had been brought back to the door of his hotel ...
Page 50
... took no interest in , or what often had no meaning for him . When the usual extra tasks or impositions failed with such a boy he was flogged , but I cannot remember whether in such cases his conduct was improved or whether he was given ...
... took no interest in , or what often had no meaning for him . When the usual extra tasks or impositions failed with such a boy he was flogged , but I cannot remember whether in such cases his conduct was improved or whether he was given ...
Page 51
... took the higher classes in Latin and Greek . I left school too young even to begin Greek , but the last year or two I was in the Latin class which was going through Virgil's " Eneid " with him . The system was very bad . The eight or ...
... took the higher classes in Latin and Greek . I left school too young even to begin Greek , but the last year or two I was in the Latin class which was going through Virgil's " Eneid " with him . The system was very bad . The eight or ...
Page 53
... took part . He was , I believe , studying the higher classics with his uncle with the idea of going to the University , but I never heard what became of him afterwards . He taught generally in the school , but the only recollection I ...
... took part . He was , I believe , studying the higher classics with his uncle with the idea of going to the University , but I never heard what became of him afterwards . He taught generally in the school , but the only recollection I ...
Page 58
... took the younger boys in reading and dictation , arithmetic and writing . Although I had no objection whatever to the work itself , the anomalous position it gave me in the school - there being a score of boys older than myself who were ...
... took the younger boys in reading and dictation , arithmetic and writing . Although I had no objection whatever to the work itself , the anomalous position it gave me in the school - there being a score of boys older than myself who were ...
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