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The only use Latin has been to me has been the enabling me to understand the specific descriptions of birds and insects in that tongue , and also to appreciate the derivation from Latin of many of our common English words .
The only use Latin has been to me has been the enabling me to understand the specific descriptions of birds and insects in that tongue , and also to appreciate the derivation from Latin of many of our common English words .
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This was the only time in my life that I suffered from these noisome insects . After a few weeks at home at Hoddesdon , I went back to Barton , where we had some work till after Christmas . On New Year's Day , 1838 , the first section ...
This was the only time in my life that I suffered from these noisome insects . After a few weeks at home at Hoddesdon , I went back to Barton , where we had some work till after Christmas . On New Year's Day , 1838 , the first section ...
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... all the work ourselves , with the assistance of Mrs. Osgood and a servant girl , and so effectual was the treatment that for nearly a year that we lived there we were wholly unmolested by insect enemies .
... all the work ourselves , with the assistance of Mrs. Osgood and a servant girl , and so effectual was the treatment that for nearly a year that we lived there we were wholly unmolested by insect enemies .
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After we got out of the town there was a wide grassy lane that led to it , which itself was a delightful walk and was a good collecting ground for both plants and insects . For variety we had the meadows along the course of the little ...
After we got out of the town there was a wide grassy lane that led to it , which itself was a delightful walk and was a good collecting ground for both plants and insects . For variety we had the meadows along the course of the little ...
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But , as already stated , the events which formed a turningpoint in my life were , first , my acquaintance with Bates , and through him deriving a taste for the wonders of insect - life , opening to me a new aspect of nature , and later ...
But , as already stated , the events which formed a turningpoint in my life were , first , my acquaintance with Bates , and through him deriving a taste for the wonders of insect - life , opening to me a new aspect of nature , and later ...
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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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