Recollections of a Town Boy at Westminster, 1849-1855Edward Arnold, 1903 - 232 pàgines |
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... door on the right at the top of the stairs - and proceed to experi- ment upon me , placing me on two tumblers , and making my hair stand on end , taking sparks out of my elbows , and other delights . One night he sent for me and told me ...
... door on the right at the top of the stairs - and proceed to experi- ment upon me , placing me on two tumblers , and making my hair stand on end , taking sparks out of my elbows , and other delights . One night he sent for me and told me ...
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... door , which opened inwards , and piled the other chairs thereon , all sloping inwards against the door ; we then ran down to the kitchen to get breakfast before starting , when suddenly we heard a fearful crash upstairs , and before we ...
... door , which opened inwards , and piled the other chairs thereon , all sloping inwards against the door ; we then ran down to the kitchen to get breakfast before starting , when suddenly we heard a fearful crash upstairs , and before we ...
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... door showed through . The effect was good , but unseen , for that door was never closed when we were in school . I am sorry to find that some of the pieces between the letters have fallen out . But to proceed up school . The big doors ...
... door showed through . The effect was good , but unseen , for that door was never closed when we were in school . I am sorry to find that some of the pieces between the letters have fallen out . But to proceed up school . The big doors ...
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... door lead- ing into a room called the ' rod - room . ' Here the rods were most artistically made by College John ... doors opening to the front . Immediately above this was the old monitors ' table , with a long drawer to the front ...
... door lead- ing into a room called the ' rod - room . ' Here the rods were most artistically made by College John ... doors opening to the front . Immediately above this was the old monitors ' table , with a long drawer to the front ...
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... doors . The petty benches at the low end of the school were , as a rule , empty , and the Under School ( Upper Third and all under ) sat on the left of the school , occupying the room as far up as the examination - table . The school ...
... doors . The petty benches at the low end of the school were , as a rule , empty , and the Under School ( Upper Third and all under ) sat on the left of the school , occupying the room as far up as the examination - table . The school ...
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