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... boy I went to a large school in the suburbs of London . It was a private establishment , and the gentleman who kept it was a philosopher - in other words , a lover of wisdom . He was certainly the wisest man I ever knew , and I only ...
... boy I went to a large school in the suburbs of London . It was a private establishment , and the gentleman who kept it was a philosopher - in other words , a lover of wisdom . He was certainly the wisest man I ever knew , and I only ...
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... boys had worked but one quarter so hard ourselves , what shining men his pupils would have become ! Your father ... boy who could solve a riddle which he usually composed himself , and a fort- night's time was given for the solution ...
... boys had worked but one quarter so hard ourselves , what shining men his pupils would have become ! Your father ... boy who could solve a riddle which he usually composed himself , and a fort- night's time was given for the solution ...
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... boys toiled and puzzled our brains that fortnight ; the worst of it was , you see , that we had to keep all our guesses and puzzlings to ourselves , for I do think boys and girls 36 HOLIDAYS AMONG THE MOUNTAINS .
... boys toiled and puzzled our brains that fortnight ; the worst of it was , you see , that we had to keep all our guesses and puzzlings to ourselves , for I do think boys and girls 36 HOLIDAYS AMONG THE MOUNTAINS .
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... boys must have had , to have vexed him as we sometimes did ! Many and many a time when I have passed by the old school in later years , tears have come into my eyes to think that he was dead , and that I could never , never tell him my ...
... boys must have had , to have vexed him as we sometimes did ! Many and many a time when I have passed by the old school in later years , tears have come into my eyes to think that he was dead , and that I could never , never tell him my ...
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... boy , he was sent to London for his education , and afterwards became an esquire of the body to Richard the Second . Greatly to his credit , it is recorded , that he was one of the very few who faithfully adhered to the fallen king up ...
... boy , he was sent to London for his education , and afterwards became an esquire of the body to Richard the Second . Greatly to his credit , it is recorded , that he was one of the very few who faithfully adhered to the fallen king up ...
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Holidays Among the Mountains: Or Scenes and Stories of Wales (Classic Reprint) M. Betham Edwards No preview available - 2017 |
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Holidays Among the Mountains, Or, Scenes and Stories of Wales Matilda Betham-Edwards No preview available - 2012 |
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