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Page 77
... father that my mother never asked the meaning of thing she did not understand . That she is not a woman of science , my father would say , is her misfortune ; but she might ask a question . My mother never did . In short , she went out ...
... father that my mother never asked the meaning of thing she did not understand . That she is not a woman of science , my father would say , is her misfortune ; but she might ask a question . My mother never did . In short , she went out ...
Page 189
... Father got the monitor medal for being umble . So did I. Father got made a sexton by being umble . ' Be umble , Uriah , ' says father to me , ' and you'll get on . It was what was always being dinned into you and me at school ; it's ...
... Father got the monitor medal for being umble . So did I. Father got made a sexton by being umble . ' Be umble , Uriah , ' says father to me , ' and you'll get on . It was what was always being dinned into you and me at school ; it's ...
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... father by practically omitting him . Lawrence's spokesman , the nar- rator , Cyril , is a young man of middle - class family , and the father is scarcely present at all ; he dies halfway through the book , a bad lot who has deserted his ...
... father by practically omitting him . Lawrence's spokesman , the nar- rator , Cyril , is a young man of middle - class family , and the father is scarcely present at all ; he dies halfway through the book , a bad lot who has deserted his ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 7 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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