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Page 10
After his marriage in 1807 he lived in Marylebone , and his ordinary household
expenses , of course , increased ; and as by 1810 he had two children and the
prospect of a large family , he appears to have felt the necessity of increasing his
...
After his marriage in 1807 he lived in Marylebone , and his ordinary household
expenses , of course , increased ; and as by 1810 he had two children and the
prospect of a large family , he appears to have felt the necessity of increasing his
...
Page 17
Of course , he always wore a top - hat - a beaver hat as it was then called , before
silk hats were invented the only other headgear being sometimes a straw hat for
use in the garden in summer . In character he was quiet and even - tempered ...
Of course , he always wore a top - hat - a beaver hat as it was then called , before
silk hats were invented the only other headgear being sometimes a straw hat for
use in the garden in summer . In character he was quiet and even - tempered ...
Page 18
For when a few short steps I westward made The river here a different scene
displayed , Its noisy roar seemed now a distant hum , Calm was the surface - -
and the stream was dumb , Silent though swift its course - - and such I cried The
life of ...
For when a few short steps I westward made The river here a different scene
displayed , Its noisy roar seemed now a distant hum , Calm was the surface - -
and the stream was dumb , Silent though swift its course - - and such I cried The
life of ...
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I got my little spade and scraped up stones off the gravel path , and with it , of
course , some of the soft gravel , but instead of the water rising , it merely turned
to mud ; and the more I put in the muddier it became , while there seemed to be
even ...
I got my little spade and scraped up stones off the gravel path , and with it , of
course , some of the soft gravel , but instead of the water rising , it merely turned
to mud ; and the more I put in the muddier it became , while there seemed to be
even ...
Page 23
Of course we did not complete the imitation of the story by sleeping in the wood ,
which would have been too bold and dangerous an undertaking for our sisters to
join in , even if my brother and I had wished to do so . Another vivid memory of ...
Of course we did not complete the imitation of the story by sleeping in the wood ,
which would have been too bold and dangerous an undertaking for our sisters to
join in , even if my brother and I had wished to do so . Another vivid memory of ...
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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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