My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1905 |
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Page 21
... half of a cockle - shell , and covered with bullock's hide . Each coracle held one man , and it could be easily carried to and from the river on the owner's back . In those days of scanty population and abundant fish the river was not ...
... half of a cockle - shell , and covered with bullock's hide . Each coracle held one man , and it could be easily carried to and from the river on the owner's back . In those days of scanty population and abundant fish the river was not ...
Page 22
... half to nearly three feet long . The lamprey was a favourite dish with our ancestors , and is still considered a luxury in some districts , while in others it is rejected as disagreeable , and the living fish is thought to be even ...
... half to nearly three feet long . The lamprey was a favourite dish with our ancestors , and is still considered a luxury in some districts , while in others it is rejected as disagreeable , and the living fish is thought to be even ...
Page 34
... half a mile away , and to form the river Lea navigation . There was also , in my time , a small lateral stream carried off to pump water to the top of a wooden water - tower to supply part of the town , so that about half a mile from ...
... half a mile away , and to form the river Lea navigation . There was also , in my time , a small lateral stream carried off to pump water to the top of a wooden water - tower to supply part of the town , so that about half a mile from ...
Page 39
... half we reached Hertford Heath at a height of three hundred feet above the sea , and half a mile further was Haileybury College , then a training college for the East India Company , now a public school . All round here the country was ...
... half we reached Hertford Heath at a height of three hundred feet above the sea , and half a mile further was Haileybury College , then a training college for the East India Company , now a public school . All round here the country was ...
Page 46
... half - past six to eight in summer , and as we had nearly half a mile to walk , it was necessary to be out of bed at six . One morning I got up and dressed as usual , went down the two flights of stairs , but when I got to the bottom ...
... half - past six to eight in summer , and as we had nearly half a mile to walk , it was necessary to be out of bed at six . One morning I got up and dressed as usual , went down the two flights of stairs , but when I got to the bottom ...
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