The Living Age, Volume 255Living Age Company, 1907 |
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Page 85
... mother bluntly told him he was a boastful liar . Jobbed into Parliament , he was soon the hero of a gambling scandal , and achieved his masterpiece by forg- ing the names of his mother and his newly dead father . One of the recently ...
... mother bluntly told him he was a boastful liar . Jobbed into Parliament , he was soon the hero of a gambling scandal , and achieved his masterpiece by forg- ing the names of his mother and his newly dead father . One of the recently ...
Page 151
... mother was carrying an armful of peats across the kitchen . The big sheep - dog lay asleep in front of the fire . It was snoring , and the grandmother's wheel was whir - whir- ring . Shafts of light danced on the black , sooty rafters ...
... mother was carrying an armful of peats across the kitchen . The big sheep - dog lay asleep in front of the fire . It was snoring , and the grandmother's wheel was whir - whir- ring . Shafts of light danced on the black , sooty rafters ...
Page 411
... mother had allowed her to cook the Sunday dinner , she answered , " Please , miss , I peeled the potatoes , but mother looked after the rabbit . " It will not be wise to expect too much from the result of the domestic econ- omy teaching ...
... mother had allowed her to cook the Sunday dinner , she answered , " Please , miss , I peeled the potatoes , but mother looked after the rabbit . " It will not be wise to expect too much from the result of the domestic econ- omy teaching ...
Contents
Canada and Japan | 56 |
Dickens and the Entente Cordiale | 116 |
The Perception of Time in Sleep | 122 |
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