Fifty Years of London Life: Memoirs of a Man of the WorldHarper & brothers, 1885 - 444 páginas |
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... looked forward to by them , as I was sure to bring back some stories which I had heard or read . I was an eager de- vourer of all kinds of literature from my earliest years , and used to read , stretched on the hearth - rug , with my ...
... looked forward to by them , as I was sure to bring back some stories which I had heard or read . I was an eager de- vourer of all kinds of literature from my earliest years , and used to read , stretched on the hearth - rug , with my ...
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... looked up and said , " Lord , sir , how you do remind me of your pa ! " I was very much taken aback , and asked him if he had ever seen my father . " Seen him ! Bless you he cried , in tones of genuine admiration , " shall I ever for ...
... looked up and said , " Lord , sir , how you do remind me of your pa ! " I was very much taken aback , and asked him if he had ever seen my father . " Seen him ! Bless you he cried , in tones of genuine admiration , " shall I ever for ...
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... looked upon Oxford as the " hub of the universe , " thought the study of Latin and Greek the primary object of our creation , despised modern languages and foreign coun- tries , and believed thoroughly in the virtues of corporal ...
... looked upon Oxford as the " hub of the universe , " thought the study of Latin and Greek the primary object of our creation , despised modern languages and foreign coun- tries , and believed thoroughly in the virtues of corporal ...
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... " der toller Englander " ( the mad Eng- lishman ) , and was looked on in open - mouthed astonish- ment when , with a battered straw hat on his head and a linen jacket on his back , he would carry a 3 YOUTH AND EDUCATION . 49.
... " der toller Englander " ( the mad Eng- lishman ) , and was looked on in open - mouthed astonish- ment when , with a battered straw hat on his head and a linen jacket on his back , he would carry a 3 YOUTH AND EDUCATION . 49.
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... looked ; and I , who had been caught by one of the authorities in the very act , had been " reported . " Rowland Hill was then in a transition state ; he had carried out his penny - postage scheme , and received some of his rewards ...
... looked ; and I , who had been caught by one of the authorities in the very act , had been " reported . " Rowland Hill was then in a transition state ; he had carried out his penny - postage scheme , and received some of his rewards ...
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Fifty Years of London Life: Memoirs of a Man of the World ... Edmund Hodgson Yates Vista completa - 1881 |
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