My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 19
... short frocks and with bare arms and legs , playing with my brother and sisters , or sitting in my mother's lap or on a footstool listening to stories , of which some fairy - tales , especially " Jack the Giant - Killer , " " Little Red ...
... short frocks and with bare arms and legs , playing with my brother and sisters , or sitting in my mother's lap or on a footstool listening to stories , of which some fairy - tales , especially " Jack the Giant - Killer , " " Little Red ...
Page 21
... short distance from our house , towards the little village of Llanbadock , the rocky bank came close to the road , and a stone quarry had been opened to obtain stone , both for building and road - mending purposes . Here , occasionally ...
... short distance from our house , towards the little village of Llanbadock , the rocky bank came close to the road , and a stone quarry had been opened to obtain stone , both for building and road - mending purposes . Here , occasionally ...
Page 42
... short period the family of some of our school fellows lived in the castle , and we occasionally went there to play with them , and en- joyed scrambling along the top of the old wall , which , having a parapet still left , was quite ...
... short period the family of some of our school fellows lived in the castle , and we occasionally went there to play with them , and en- joyed scrambling along the top of the old wall , which , having a parapet still left , was quite ...
Page 46
... the crisis , that I was to have port wine in tea - spoonfuls at short intervals , and that if I was not dead before morning I might recover . For some weeks after this I lived a very enjoyable 46 CHAPTER IV HERTFORD MY SCHOOL LIFE •
... the crisis , that I was to have port wine in tea - spoonfuls at short intervals , and that if I was not dead before morning I might recover . For some weeks after this I lived a very enjoyable 46 CHAPTER IV HERTFORD MY SCHOOL LIFE •
Page 49
... and when he over- heard these names used , which was not often , he would give us a short lecture on the impropriety and impoliteness of VOL . I. E miscalling those in authority over us . He was a IV ] 49 HERTFORD : MY SCHOOL LIFE.
... and when he over- heard these names used , which was not often , he would give us a short lecture on the impropriety and impoliteness of VOL . I. E miscalling those in authority over us . He was a IV ] 49 HERTFORD : MY SCHOOL LIFE.
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