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Page 37
... and when all these were at work together , but rebounding at different rates
and with different intensities of sound , the whole effect was very strange , and the
din and reverberation almost deafening , but still at times somewhat musical .
... and when all these were at work together , but rebounding at different rates
and with different intensities of sound , the whole effect was very strange , and the
din and reverberation almost deafening , but still at times somewhat musical .
Page 43
... out with great regularity 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 .
... out with great regularity 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 .
Page 50
... or whether he was given up as " a thoroughly lazy , bad boy , who was a
disgrace to the school , ” and thereafter left to go his own way . Such boys were
often very good playfellows , and the magisterial denunciations had little effect
upon us .
... or whether he was given up as " a thoroughly lazy , bad boy , who was a
disgrace to the school , ” and thereafter left to go his own way . Such boys were
often very good playfellows , and the magisterial denunciations had little effect
upon us .
Page 60
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
have ...
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
have ...
Page 89
The utter failure of this doctrine , which has been followed in practice during the
whole period of human history , seems to have produced hardly any effect on our
systems of criminal law or of general education ; and though other writers have ...
The utter failure of this doctrine , which has been followed in practice during the
whole period of human history , seems to have produced hardly any effect on our
systems of criminal law or of general education ; and though other writers have ...
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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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