My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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Page 50
... usually deserved , though not always . A stupid boy , or one who had a bad verbal memory , was often punished for what was called invincible idleness when it was really congenital incapacity to learn what he took no interest in , or ...
... usually deserved , though not always . A stupid boy , or one who had a bad verbal memory , was often punished for what was called invincible idleness when it was really congenital incapacity to learn what he took no interest in , or ...
Page 56
... usually some extra delicacy as custard or a salad . Every boy had half a pint of fairly good beer to drink , and any one who wished could have a second helping of meat , and there were always some who did so , though the first helping ...
... usually some extra delicacy as custard or a salad . Every boy had half a pint of fairly good beer to drink , and any one who wished could have a second helping of meat , and there were always some who did so , though the first helping ...
Page 75
... usually spent an hour there instead of stopping to play or going straight home . Some- times I helped my father a little in arranging or getting down books , but I had most of the time for reading , squatting down on the floor in a ...
... usually spent an hour there instead of stopping to play or going straight home . Some- times I helped my father a little in arranging or getting down books , but I had most of the time for reading , squatting down on the floor in a ...
Page 77
... usually one or two steps nearer to the actual corn - grower than he is now . Meat also was cheaper than now . The price of the best beef was sixpence to sevenpence a pound ; while mutton was seven- pence to eightpence for the best ...
... usually one or two steps nearer to the actual corn - grower than he is now . Meat also was cheaper than now . The price of the best beef was sixpence to sevenpence a pound ; while mutton was seven- pence to eightpence for the best ...
Page 78
... usually more vigorous and exciting style of preaching was to me far preferable to the monotony of the Church service ; and it was there only that , at one period of my life , I felt something of religious fervour , derived chiefly from ...
... usually more vigorous and exciting style of preaching was to me far preferable to the monotony of the Church service ; and it was there only that , at one period of my life , I felt something of religious fervour , derived chiefly from ...
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