My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 38
... five miles away . This district was all gravelly with a chalk subsoil , the chalk in many places coming up to the surface , while in others it was only reached at a depth of ten or twenty feet . In the total absence of any instruction ...
... five miles away . This district was all gravelly with a chalk subsoil , the chalk in many places coming up to the surface , while in others it was only reached at a depth of ten or twenty feet . In the total absence of any instruction ...
Page 49
... five in the afternoon , some artificial light- ing was necessary , and this was effected by the primitive method of every boy bringing his own candles or candle - ends with any kind of candlestick he liked . An empty ink - bottle was ...
... five in the afternoon , some artificial light- ing was necessary , and this was effected by the primitive method of every boy bringing his own candles or candle - ends with any kind of candlestick he liked . An empty ink - bottle was ...
Page 56
... five days , hot meat - pies on Saturdays made of remnants , with some fresh mutton or beef to make gravy , well seasoned , but always with a peculiar flavour , which I think must have been caused by the meat having been slightly salted ...
... five days , hot meat - pies on Saturdays made of remnants , with some fresh mutton or beef to make gravy , well seasoned , but always with a peculiar flavour , which I think must have been caused by the meat having been slightly salted ...
Page 57
... five or ten yards all round the playground and a dozen or more hoops following each other pretty closely , the game was not devoid of its little excitements . We never played football ( so far as I remember ) , which at that time was by ...
... five or ten yards all round the playground and a dozen or more hoops following each other pretty closely , the game was not devoid of its little excitements . We never played football ( so far as I remember ) , which at that time was by ...
Page 79
... five minutes ' walk from the house , where he constantly employed eight or ten men preparing all the joinery work for the houses he built . At that time there were no great steam - factories for making doors and windows , working ...
... five minutes ' walk from the house , where he constantly employed eight or ten men preparing all the joinery work for the houses he built . At that time there were no great steam - factories for making doors and windows , working ...
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