My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 24
... the height of the water , but this , of course , I did not understand at the time . I may here mention a psychological peculiarity , no doubt common to a considerable proportion of children of the same 24 [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
... the height of the water , but this , of course , I did not understand at the time . I may here mention a psychological peculiarity , no doubt common to a considerable proportion of children of the same 24 [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
Page 30
... course was changed , requiring us all to stoop our heads for it to swing over us . It was a little awful to me , and I think we were all glad when it was over and we were safe on land again . We must have travelled all day by coach from ...
... course was changed , requiring us all to stoop our heads for it to swing over us . It was a little awful to me , and I think we were all glad when it was over and we were safe on land again . We must have travelled all day by coach from ...
Page 31
... course , had only milk and water , with perhaps a few drops of coffee as a special luxury . Of the next few months of my life I have also but slight recollections , confined to a few isolated facts or incidents . On leaving the inn we ...
... course , had only milk and water , with perhaps a few drops of coffee as a special luxury . Of the next few months of my life I have also but slight recollections , confined to a few isolated facts or incidents . On leaving the inn we ...
Page 32
... course , lectured on the narrow escape we had had from drowning our- selves . This is really all I recollect of my first experience of a boarding - school . My next recollections are of the town of Hertford , where we lived for eight or ...
... course , lectured on the narrow escape we had had from drowning our- selves . This is really all I recollect of my first experience of a boarding - school . My next recollections are of the town of Hertford , where we lived for eight or ...
Page 48
... course , my little friend knew the best trees , and we ate as many as we liked . Sometimes we went out for drives , or were taken to visit at houses near , or visitors came to tea ; but how long I stayed there , or how I returned , I ...
... course , my little friend knew the best trees , and we ate as many as we liked . Sometimes we went out for drives , or were taken to visit at houses near , or visitors came to tea ; but how long I stayed there , or how I returned , I ...
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