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It is difficult to write such a record as mine ( extending to the memories of nearly eighty years ) without subjecting one's self to the charge of diffuseness or egotism , and I cannot hope to escape this altogether .
It is difficult to write such a record as mine ( extending to the memories of nearly eighty years ) without subjecting one's self to the charge of diffuseness or egotism , and I cannot hope to escape this altogether .
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... certainly the case ) that while he remained a bachelor my father lived up to his income or very nearly so ; and from what we know of his after life this did not imply any extravagance or luxurious habits , but simply that he enjoyed ...
... certainly the case ) that while he remained a bachelor my father lived up to his income or very nearly so ; and from what we know of his after life this did not imply any extravagance or luxurious habits , but simply that he enjoyed ...
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Some of these slabs were eight or ten feet long and nearly as wide ; and it was these that formed our favourite fishing - stations , where we sometimes found shoals of small lampreys , which could be scooped up ( CHAP .
Some of these slabs were eight or ten feet long and nearly as wide ; and it was these that formed our favourite fishing - stations , where we sometimes found shoals of small lampreys , which could be scooped up ( CHAP .
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I think what we caught must have been the young fish , as my recollection of them is that they were like little eels , and not more than six or eight inches long , whereas the full - grown lampreys are from a foot and a half to nearly ...
I think what we caught must have been the young fish , as my recollection of them is that they were like little eels , and not more than six or eight inches long , whereas the full - grown lampreys are from a foot and a half to nearly ...
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It was , in fact , the form my childish , nightmare took at that period , and though I was always afraid of it , it was not nearly so distressing as many of the nightmares I have had since . I may here add another illustration of ...
It was , in fact , the form my childish , nightmare took at that period , and though I was always afraid of it , it was not nearly so distressing as many of the nightmares I have had since . I may here add another illustration of ...
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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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