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Page 33
Where the river passed under the bridge close by , we could clamber up and look
over the parapet into the deep , clear water rushing over a dam , and also see
where the stream that turned the wheel passed swiftly under a low arch , and this
...
Where the river passed under the bridge close by , we could clamber up and look
over the parapet into the deep , clear water rushing over a dam , and also see
where the stream that turned the wheel passed swiftly under a low arch , and this
...
Page 36
The mill stood close by the roadside , and there were small low windows always
open , through which we could look in at the fascinating processes as long as we
liked . First , there were two great vertical millstones of very smooth red granite ...
The mill stood close by the roadside , and there were small low windows always
open , through which we could look in at the fascinating processes as long as we
liked . First , there were two great vertical millstones of very smooth red granite ...
Page 46
That was the beginning of a severe attack of scarlet fever , and I remember little
more but heat and horrid dreams till one evening when all the family came to look
at me , and I had something given me to drink all night . I was told afterwards that
...
That was the beginning of a severe attack of scarlet fever , and I remember little
more but heat and horrid dreams till one evening when all the family came to look
at me , and I had something given me to drink all night . I was told afterwards that
...
Page 61
They fitted very well , and felt quite comfortable , and I dare say did not look so
very strange . I have no doubt also that most of the boys had a fellow - feeling for
me , and thought it a shame to thus make me an exception to all the school .
They fitted very well , and felt quite comfortable , and I dare say did not look so
very strange . I have no doubt also that most of the boys had a fellow - feeling for
me , and thought it a shame to thus make me an exception to all the school .
Page 71
I therefore look with compassion on the present generation of children and
schoolboys who , from their earliest years , are overloaded with toys , so
elaborately constructed and so highly finished that the very idea of making any
toys for ...
I therefore look with compassion on the present generation of children and
schoolboys who , from their earliest years , are overloaded with toys , so
elaborately constructed and so highly finished that the very idea of making any
toys for ...
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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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