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324 ( From a photograph by Mr . Sims ) NATIVE HOUSE , WOKAN , ARU
ISLANDS ( Where I lived two weeks in March , 1859 ) MY FAITHFUL MALAY BOY
- ALI . 1855 - 1862 . . 383 MAP OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO . . . . ALFRED R
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324 ( From a photograph by Mr . Sims ) NATIVE HOUSE , WOKAN , ARU
ISLANDS ( Where I lived two weeks in March , 1859 ) MY FAITHFUL MALAY BOY
- ALI . 1855 - 1862 . . 383 MAP OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO . . . . ALFRED R
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( From a photograph by Mr . Sims ) NATIVE HOUSE , WOKAN , ARU ISLANDS . .
( Where I lived two weeks in March , 1859 ) MY FAITHFUL MALAY BOY - ALI .
1855 - 1862 . MAP OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO . . . ALFRED R . WALLACE .
( From a photograph by Mr . Sims ) NATIVE HOUSE , WOKAN , ARU ISLANDS . .
( Where I lived two weeks in March , 1859 ) MY FAITHFUL MALAY BOY - ALI .
1855 - 1862 . MAP OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO . . . ALFRED R . WALLACE .
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My father was practically an only son , an elder boy dying when three months old
; and as his father died when he was a boy of twelve , and his mother when he
was an infant , he had not much opportunity of hearing about the family history .
My father was practically an only son , an elder boy dying when three months old
; and as his father died when he was a boy of twelve , and his mother when he
was an infant , he had not much opportunity of hearing about the family history .
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Kitty , a fair but frozen maid , Kindled a flame I still deplore , The hood - wink ' d
Boy was called in aid So fatal to my suit before . ... Cupid and he are not the same
, Though each can raise or quench a flame , And both are hood - wink ' d boys .
Kitty , a fair but frozen maid , Kindled a flame I still deplore , The hood - wink ' d
Boy was called in aid So fatal to my suit before . ... Cupid and he are not the same
, Though each can raise or quench a flame , And both are hood - wink ' d boys .
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A few numbers were issued , and I remember , as a boy , seeing an elaborate
engraving of the Portland Vase , which was one of the illustrations ; and in those
days before photography , when all had to be done by skilled artists and
engravers ...
A few numbers were issued , and I remember , as a boy , seeing an elaborate
engraving of the Portland Vase , which was one of the illustrations ; and in those
days before photography , when all had to be done by skilled artists and
engravers ...
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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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