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Page 7
He seems , however , never to have practised law , since he came into property
which gave him an income of about £500 a year . This I heard from my sister
Fanny . From this time till he married , fifteen years later , he appears to have
lived ...
He seems , however , never to have practised law , since he came into property
which gave him an income of about £500 a year . This I heard from my sister
Fanny . From this time till he married , fifteen years later , he appears to have
lived ...
Page 17
He had had some injury to one of his ankles which often continued to trouble him
, and gave him a slight lameness , and in consequence of this he never took very
long walks . He was rather precise and regular in his habits , quiet and rather ...
He had had some injury to one of his ankles which often continued to trouble him
, and gave him a slight lameness , and in consequence of this he never took very
long walks . He was rather precise and regular in his habits , quiet and rather ...
Page 21
At last I became tired and gave it up , and concluded that the story could not be
true ; and I am afraid this rather made me disbelieve in experiments out of story -
books . The river in front of our house was the Usk , a fine stream on which we ...
At last I became tired and gave it up , and concluded that the story could not be
true ; and I am afraid this rather made me disbelieve in experiments out of story -
books . The river in front of our house was the Usk , a fine stream on which we ...
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... and from that very cause attracted less close attention ; while the greater
activity of the latter group gave interest and attractiveness to the ever - changing
combinations in outdoor scenery , while the varied opportunities for the exercise
of the ...
... and from that very cause attracted less close attention ; while the greater
activity of the latter group gave interest and attractiveness to the ever - changing
combinations in outdoor scenery , while the varied opportunities for the exercise
of the ...
Page 33
... turned the wheel passed swiftly under a low arch , and this was a sight that
never palled upon us , so that almost every fine day , as we VOL . I . D passed
this way home from school , we gave a III ) HERTFORD : HOME OF MY
BOYHOOD 33.
... turned the wheel passed swiftly under a low arch , and this was a sight that
never palled upon us , so that almost every fine day , as we VOL . I . D passed
this way home from school , we gave a III ) HERTFORD : HOME OF MY
BOYHOOD 33.
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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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