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This was probably his wedding - coat , and his usual costume , indicating the transition from the richly coloured semi - court dress of the earlier Georgian period to the plain black of our own day . He is shown as having a ruddy ...
This was probably his wedding - coat , and his usual costume , indicating the transition from the richly coloured semi - court dress of the earlier Georgian period to the plain black of our own day . He is shown as having a ruddy ...
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The form and colour of the house , the road , the river close below it , the bridge with the cottage near its foot , the narrow fields between us and the bridge , the steep wooded bank at the back , the stone quarry and the very shape ...
The form and colour of the house , the road , the river close below it , the bridge with the cottage near its foot , the narrow fields between us and the bridge , the steep wooded bank at the back , the stone quarry and the very shape ...
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The shape of my head shows that I have form and individuality but moderately developed , while locality , ideality , colour , and comparison are decidedly stronger . Deficiency in the first two caused me to take little notice of the ...
The shape of my head shows that I have form and individuality but moderately developed , while locality , ideality , colour , and comparison are decidedly stronger . Deficiency in the first two caused me to take little notice of the ...
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In fact only once have I seen another spring which equalled it in beauty , in the little island of Semau , near Timor , and that was by no means equal in colour - effects , but only in the depth and purity of the water and the fine rock ...
In fact only once have I seen another spring which equalled it in beauty , in the little island of Semau , near Timor , and that was by no means equal in colour - effects , but only in the depth and purity of the water and the fine rock ...
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... and the members elected had to undergo the ceremony of being chaired , which consisted in being carried round the town on their supporters ' shoulders seated in a chair highly decorated with rosettes and coloured ribbons .
... and the members elected had to undergo the ceremony of being chaired , which consisted in being carried round the town on their supporters ' shoulders seated in a chair highly decorated with rosettes and coloured ribbons .
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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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