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Page 144
It is situated on the southern border of Radnor Forest , a tract of bare mountains about twenty square miles in extent , the highest point being a little over two thousand feet above the sea . Over a good deal of this country I wandered ...
It is situated on the southern border of Radnor Forest , a tract of bare mountains about twenty square miles in extent , the highest point being a little over two thousand feet above the sea . Over a good deal of this country I wandered ...
Page 157
This all - embracing system of land - robbery , for which nothing is too great and nothing too small ; which has absorbed meadow and forest , moor and mountain , which has appropriated most of our rivers and lakes and the fish that live ...
This all - embracing system of land - robbery , for which nothing is too great and nothing too small ; which has absorbed meadow and forest , moor and mountain , which has appropriated most of our rivers and lakes and the fish that live ...
Page 161
The house was pleasantly situated about two hundred and fifty feet above the river , with an uninterrupted view to the south - east over woody hills of moderate height to the fine range of the Great Forest , culminating in the double ...
The house was pleasantly situated about two hundred and fifty feet above the river , with an uninterrupted view to the south - east over woody hills of moderate height to the fine range of the Great Forest , culminating in the double ...
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This becomes more certain when we look at the whole mountain mass , of which they form a part , known as the “ Fforest Fawr , " or great forest of Brecknock . This extends about twenty miles from east to west and ten or twelve miles ...
This becomes more certain when we look at the whole mountain mass , of which they form a part , known as the “ Fforest Fawr , " or great forest of Brecknock . This extends about twenty miles from east to west and ten or twelve miles ...
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... and mysterious charm , which was extended even to our native species , and which , I believe , had its share in producing that longing for the tropics which a few years later was satisfied in the equatorial forests of the Amazon .
... and mysterious charm , which was extended even to our native species , and which , I believe , had its share in producing that longing for the tropics which a few years later was satisfied in the equatorial forests of the Amazon .
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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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