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It is to be presumed that the village and a good deal of the land was at that time
the property of this family , though they appear to have parted with it not long
afterwards , as a Mr . Perkins owned the park and rebuilt the church in 1812 . The
St ...
It is to be presumed that the village and a good deal of the land was at that time
the property of this family , though they appear to have parted with it not long
afterwards , as a Mr . Perkins owned the park and rebuilt the church in 1812 . The
St ...
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Sayce , a firm of land surveyors and estate agents at Kington , in Herefordshire . I
have an indistinct recollection of his visiting us occasionally , and of his being
looked up to as very clever , and as actually bringing out a little monthly
magazine ...
Sayce , a firm of land surveyors and estate agents at Kington , in Herefordshire . I
have an indistinct recollection of his visiting us occasionally , and of his being
looked up to as very clever , and as actually bringing out a little monthly
magazine ...
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It was a little awful to me , and I think we were all glad when it was over and we
were safe on land again . We must have travelled all day by coach from Usk to
the Severn , then on to Bristol , then from Bristol to London . I think we must have
...
It was a little awful to me , and I think we were all glad when it was over and we
were safe on land again . We must have travelled all day by coach from Usk to
the Severn , then on to Bristol , then from Bristol to London . I think we must have
...
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but very small red - brick house called Rawdon Cottage , while I went to London
and stayed at Mr . Webster ' s with my brother John , preparatory to going with my
eldest brother William to learn land - surveying . During the time I lived at ...
but very small red - brick house called Rawdon Cottage , while I went to London
and stayed at Mr . Webster ' s with my brother John , preparatory to going with my
eldest brother William to learn land - surveying . During the time I lived at ...
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In the country gleaning was a universal practice , and numbers of cottagers thus
got a portion of their bread ; while a much larger proportion than now lived in the
country and had large gardens or a few acres of land . My mother often took me ...
In the country gleaning was a universal practice , and numbers of cottagers thus
got a portion of their bread ; while a much larger proportion than now lived in the
country and had large gardens or a few acres of land . My mother often took me ...
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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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