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Page 37
... the whole effect was very strange , and the din and reverberation almost deafening , but still at times somewhat musical . During this squeezing process the oil ran off below through suitable apertures , but was never seen by us .
... the whole effect was very strange , and the din and reverberation almost deafening , but still at times somewhat musical . During this squeezing process the oil ran off below through suitable apertures , but was never seen by us .
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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 very little noise , and the crowds of brightly clad boys , who had red leather belts over their blue coats , and whose yellow stockings were well visible , together with the fine , lofty hall , had a very pleasing effect .
... and very little noise , and the crowds of brightly clad boys , who had red leather belts over their blue coats , and whose yellow stockings were well visible , together with the fine , lofty hall , had a very pleasing effect .
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... and thereafter left to go his own way . Such boys were often very good playfellows , and the magisterial denunciations had little effect upon us . Mr. Crutwell was , I suppose , a fairly good 50 . [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
... and thereafter left to go his own way . Such boys were often very good playfellows , and the magisterial denunciations had little effect upon us . Mr. Crutwell was , I suppose , a fairly good 50 . [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
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Whether or not this particular form of experience in my boyhood produced any permanent effect on my character I cannot say , but the mere continuance of a painful dream for so many years is in itself an evil , and must almost certainly ...
Whether or not this particular form of experience in my boyhood produced any permanent effect on my character I cannot say , but the mere continuance of a painful dream for so many years is in itself an evil , and must almost certainly ...
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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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