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Page 3
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 , and the
...
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 , and the
...
Page 22
I think what we caught 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 .
I think what we caught 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 .
Page 23
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 . For many years this small fragment ...
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 . For many years this small fragment ...
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... perhaps five feet high , between us and the adjoining house . The very first
incident I remember , which happened , I think , on the morning after my arrival ,
was of a boy about my own age looking over this wall , who at once inquired , “
Hullo ...
... perhaps five feet high , between us and the adjoining house . The very first
incident I remember , which happened , I think , on the morning after my arrival ,
was of a boy about my own age looking over this wall , who at once inquired , “
Hullo ...
Page 36
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 great
...
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 great
...
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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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