My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideGregg, 1969 - 916 pages |
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... England and Wales , as will be seen later on ; but the payment for such work was by no means liberal , and owing to the frequent periods of idle- ness between one job and another , it was about as much as my brother could do to earn our ...
... England and Wales , as will be seen later on ; but the payment for such work was by no means liberal , and owing to the frequent periods of idle- ness between one job and another , it was about as much as my brother could do to earn our ...
Page 134
... England , it was probably associated with some legend in early time , but it is in all probability a relic of the ice - age , and was brought by the glacier or ice - sheet that at one time extended over all midland England as far as the ...
... England , it was probably associated with some legend in early time , but it is in all probability a relic of the ice - age , and was brought by the glacier or ice - sheet that at one time extended over all midland England as far as the ...
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... England , I was ready to start for a journey of unknown duration . After a year's experience it was now clear that my brother was not fitted to become a good natural - history collector , as he took little interest in birds or insects ...
... England , I was ready to start for a journey of unknown duration . After a year's experience it was now clear that my brother was not fitted to become a good natural - history collector , as he took little interest in birds or insects ...
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