Life and Times of the Right Honourable William Henry Smith, M.P.W. Blackwood and sons, 1893 |
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Page 177
... ship with Forster , at that time Vice - President of the Committee of Council on Education ( which is the cumbersome periphrasis prescribed by de- partmental etiquette as the title of our Minis- ter of Education ) , 1 probably began in ...
... ship with Forster , at that time Vice - President of the Committee of Council on Education ( which is the cumbersome periphrasis prescribed by de- partmental etiquette as the title of our Minis- ter of Education ) , 1 probably began in ...
Page 207
... ship , and she is sure it is sinking . We are all grave , and most of us selfish . Captain read service in cabin ; could not venture down . 20th . - Fine . Ship steady . Turn up at breakfast for the first time . A shoal of porpoises ...
... ship , and she is sure it is sinking . We are all grave , and most of us selfish . Captain read service in cabin ; could not venture down . 20th . - Fine . Ship steady . Turn up at breakfast for the first time . A shoal of porpoises ...
Page 208
... ship in sight to - day - no life but sea - birds . - 21st . Old lady very troublesome ; has heard there is iron in the ship as cargo , and is quite sure it is rolling about underneath her , and that the ship will go down . Fore - cabin ...
... ship in sight to - day - no life but sea - birds . - 21st . Old lady very troublesome ; has heard there is iron in the ship as cargo , and is quite sure it is rolling about underneath her , and that the ship will go down . Fore - cabin ...
Page 233
... ship arrived on the 19th , and the family are stay- ing somewhere , Mr Teal does not know where , in New York helpless . Great is our indignation at the misuse of whisky . We smoked several pipes together in the drawing - room ...
... ship arrived on the 19th , and the family are stay- ing somewhere , Mr Teal does not know where , in New York helpless . Great is our indignation at the misuse of whisky . We smoked several pipes together in the drawing - room ...
Page 269
... ship which lasted unimpaired till the death of Northcote in 1887 . Smith passed the last day of 1874 at Bourne- mouth , where Disraeli had summoned him to con- sult about the business of the approaching session . Thence he wrote to his ...
... ship which lasted unimpaired till the death of Northcote in 1887 . Smith passed the last day of 1874 at Bourne- mouth , where Disraeli had summoned him to con- sult about the business of the approaching session . Thence he wrote to his ...
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