My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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Page 34
... once a common grazing field and general cricket and playground , the turf being very smooth and good , and seldom requiring to be rolled . The county cricket matches were played here , and it was considered to be a first - rate ground ...
... once a common grazing field and general cricket and playground , the turf being very smooth and good , and seldom requiring to be rolled . The county cricket matches were played here , and it was considered to be a first - rate ground ...
Page 38
... once have I seen another spring which equalled it in beauty , in the little island of Semau , near Timor , and that was by no means equal in colour - effects , but only in the depth and purity of the water and the fine rock - basins ...
... once have I seen another spring which equalled it in beauty , in the little island of Semau , near Timor , and that was by no means equal in colour - effects , but only in the depth and purity of the water and the fine rock - basins ...
Page 41
... once told that a wonderful plant , the bee - orchis , was sometimes found , and my father used to talk of it as a great rarity . Once , during the time we lived at Hertford , some one showed us the flower , and I remember looking at it ...
... once told that a wonderful plant , the bee - orchis , was sometimes found , and my father used to talk of it as a great rarity . Once , during the time we lived at Hertford , some one showed us the flower , and I remember looking at it ...
Page 44
... once saw tried a curious bowling machine which it was thought might advantageously take the place of the human bowler . It was called a catapult , and was on the principle of the old instrument used for throwing stones into besieged ...
... once saw tried a curious bowling machine which it was thought might advantageously take the place of the human bowler . It was called a catapult , and was on the principle of the old instrument used for throwing stones into besieged ...
Page 46
... once set upon that most wearisome of tasks , the Latin grammar . It was soon after this that I had the first of the three serious illnesses which at different periods brought me within a few hours of death in the opinion of those around ...
... once set upon that most wearisome of tasks , the Latin grammar . It was soon after this that I had the first of the three serious illnesses which at different periods brought me within a few hours of death in the opinion of those around ...
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