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I myself was six feet when I was sixteen , and my eldest brother William was an inch taller , while my brother John and sister Fanny were both rather tall . My father and mother , however , were under rather than over middle height ...
I myself was six feet when I was sixteen , and my eldest brother William was an inch taller , while my brother John and sister Fanny were both rather tall . My father and mother , however , were under rather than over middle height ...
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... must have been the young fish , as my recollection of them is that they were like little eels , and not more than six or eight inches long , whereas the full - grown lampreys are from a foot and a half to nearly three feet long .
... must have been the young fish , as my recollection of them is that they were like little eels , and not more than six or eight inches long , whereas the full - grown lampreys are from a foot and a half to nearly three feet long .
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The top of the walls was about three feet thick , and it was thus quite safe to walk round close to the parapet , though there was no protection on the inner edge but the few herbs and bushes that grew upon it .
The top of the walls was about three feet thick , and it was thus quite safe to walk round close to the parapet , though there was no protection on the inner edge but the few herbs and bushes that grew upon it .
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... and I must have been a little more than six years old when I first remember myself in this house , which had a very narrow yard at the back , and a dwarf wall , perhaps five feet high , between us and the adjoining house .
... and I must have been a little more than six years old when I first remember myself in this house , which had a very narrow yard at the back , and a dwarf wall , perhaps five feet high , between us and the adjoining house .
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Immediately above these , at a height of perhaps ten or twelve feet , a long cylindrical beam was continually revolving with fixed beams on each side of it , both higher up and lower down . At regular intervals along the counter were ...
Immediately above these , at a height of perhaps ten or twelve feet , a long cylindrical beam was continually revolving with fixed beams on each side of it , both higher up and lower down . At regular intervals along the counter were ...
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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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