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PREFACE The present volumes would not have been written had not the
representatives of my English and American publishers assured me that they
would probably interest a large number of readers . I had indeed promised to
write some ...
PREFACE The present volumes would not have been written had not the
representatives of my English and American publishers assured me that they
would probably interest a large number of readers . I had indeed promised to
write some ...
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About the time I went to live with my brother my sister Fanny entered a French
school at Lille to learn the language and to teach English , and I think she was a
year there . On her return she started the school at Hoddesdon , but after my
father ...
About the time I went to live with my brother my sister Fanny entered a French
school at Lille to learn the language and to teach English , and I think she was a
year there . On her return she started the school at Hoddesdon , but after my
father ...
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... these were characteristic of the Early English Gothic , but are not common in
our churches , Another feature of this church was its peal of ten bells , which were
not only uncommonly numerous , but were of very fine tones , so that when they ...
... these were characteristic of the Early English Gothic , but are not common in
our churches , Another feature of this church was its peal of ten bells , which were
not only uncommonly numerous , but were of very fine tones , so that when they ...
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The English and writing master , who also taught French , was a handsome , fair
young man named Fitzjohn . He was something of a dandy , wearing white duck
trousers in the summer , and always having a bright - coloured stiff stock , which ...
The English and writing master , who also taught French , was a handsome , fair
young man named Fitzjohn . He was something of a dandy , wearing white duck
trousers in the summer , and always having a bright - coloured stiff stock , which ...
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of many of our common English words . If the remaining time had been spent in
learning German , the result would have been far more useful , but I do not think
this language was taught in the school . The second master , or head usher , was
...
of many of our common English words . If the remaining time had been spent in
learning German , the result would have been far more useful , but I do not think
this language was taught in the school . The second master , or head usher , was
...
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| Title | My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köide My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Author | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Publisher | Dodd, Mead, 1905 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 juuli 2007 |
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