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Part bird , part beast , and vegetable part , Cut , slash'd , and wounded yet I feel no smart . I have a skin , which though but thin and slender , Yet proves to me a powerful defender . When stript of that , so desperate is my case ...
Part bird , part beast , and vegetable part , Cut , slash'd , and wounded yet I feel no smart . I have a skin , which though but thin and slender , Yet proves to me a powerful defender . When stript of that , so desperate is my case ...
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Some lay down on the grass to rest or to read , some wandered into the woods bird - nesting , some played leap - frog or other games . Here again in after years when I read “ The Dream of Eugene Aram , " I always associated it with our ...
Some lay down on the grass to rest or to read , some wandered into the woods bird - nesting , some played leap - frog or other games . Here again in after years when I read “ The Dream of Eugene Aram , " I always associated it with our ...
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The only use Latin has been to me has been the enabling me to understand the specific descriptions of birds and insects in that tongue , and also to appreciate the derivation from Latin of many of our common English words .
The only use Latin has been to me has been the enabling me to understand the specific descriptions of birds and insects in that tongue , and also to appreciate the derivation from Latin of many of our common English words .
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When he was a few yards off , two very large birds , looking like wild geese , came flying towards us , and as they passed overhead at a moderate height , he threw up his gun , fired both barrels , and brought them both to the ground .
When he was a few yards off , two very large birds , looking like wild geese , came flying towards us , and as they passed overhead at a moderate height , he threw up his gun , fired both barrels , and brought them both to the ground .
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... butterflies on the Amazon , or at the constant stream of new species of birds , beetles , and butterflies in Borneo , the Moluccas , and the Aru Islands . It must be remembered that my ignorance of plants at this time was extreme .
... butterflies on the Amazon , or at the constant stream of new species of birds , beetles , and butterflies in Borneo , the Moluccas , and the Aru Islands . It must be remembered that my ignorance of plants at this time was extreme .
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| Pealkiri | My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köide My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Autor | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Publisher | Dodd, Mead, 1905 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 juuli 2007 |
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