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... which are Brighton , Lowestoft , Bognor , Ryegate , Godalming , Sevenoaks , Chichester , etc. Most of these are commonplace reflections on the uncertainty of life or equally commonplace declarations of faith in the orthodox heaven ...
... which are Brighton , Lowestoft , Bognor , Ryegate , Godalming , Sevenoaks , Chichester , etc. Most of these are commonplace reflections on the uncertainty of life or equally commonplace declarations of faith in the orthodox heaven ...
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... which is equally good when the words and sense are inverted : “ Laus tua , non tua fraus , virtus non copia rerum Scandere te fecit , hoc decus eximium , Pauperibus tua das , nunquam stat janua clausa , Fundere res quæris , nec tua ...
... which is equally good when the words and sense are inverted : “ Laus tua , non tua fraus , virtus non copia rerum Scandere te fecit , hoc decus eximium , Pauperibus tua das , nunquam stat janua clausa , Fundere res quæris , nec tua ...
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I particularly remember one day his pointing out to the family that the reflection of some hills in the river opposite us was sometimes visible and sometimes not , though on both occasions in equally calm and clear weather .
I particularly remember one day his pointing out to the family that the reflection of some hills in the river opposite us was sometimes visible and sometimes not , though on both occasions in equally calm and clear weather .
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... and their beautiful glossy surfaces , had an irresistible attraction for us which never palled . But this was only one part of this delightful kind of peepshow . A little way off an equally novel and still more complex operation was ...
... and their beautiful glossy surfaces , had an irresistible attraction for us which never palled . But this was only one part of this delightful kind of peepshow . A little way off an equally novel and still more complex operation was ...
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Every time I entered the schoolroom I felt ashamed , and whether I was engaged at my own lessons or occupied as a teacher , I was equally uncomfortable , I cannot now remember all the details of what was to me a constant humiliation ...
Every time I entered the schoolroom I felt ashamed , and whether I was engaged at my own lessons or occupied as a teacher , I was equally uncomfortable , I cannot now remember all the details of what was to me a constant humiliation ...
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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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