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I wished to obtain a photograph of this portrait a few years ago , but the present owner refused to allow it to be copied , having , I fancy , some exaggerated idea of its value as a work of art . 1 Other friends or relatives of the ...
I wished to obtain a photograph of this portrait a few years ago , but the present owner refused to allow it to be copied , having , I fancy , some exaggerated idea of its value as a work of art . 1 Other friends or relatives of the ...
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... and , probably from having introductions to some residents there , fixed upon Usk , in Monmouthshire , where a sufficiently roomy cottage with a large garden was obtained , and where I was born on January 8 , 1823.
... and , probably from having introductions to some residents there , fixed upon Usk , in Monmouthshire , where a sufficiently roomy cottage with a large garden was obtained , and where I was born on January 8 , 1823.
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Out of the wreck of the solicitor's fortune my father obtained a small portion of the money due , with promises to pay all at some future time ; and I recollect his having frequently to go to London by coach to interview the solicitor ...
Out of the wreck of the solicitor's fortune my father obtained a small portion of the money due , with promises to pay all at some future time ; and I recollect his having frequently to go to London by coach to interview the solicitor ...
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On her return she started the school at Hoddesdon , but after my father's death in 1843 , she obtained a position as a teacher in Columbia College , Georgia , U.S.A. , then just established under the Bishop of Georgia ; and she only ...
On her return she started the school at Hoddesdon , but after my father's death in 1843 , she obtained a position as a teacher in Columbia College , Georgia , U.S.A. , then just established under the Bishop of Georgia ; and she only ...
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... and when Bowdler's edition of Shakespeare came out he obtained it , and often read a play to the assembled family . In this way I made my first acquaintance with Lear and Cordelia , with Malvolio and Sir Andrew Aguecheek , with the ...
... and when Bowdler's edition of Shakespeare came out he obtained it , and often read a play to the assembled family . In this way I made my first acquaintance with Lear and Cordelia , with Malvolio and Sir Andrew Aguecheek , with the ...
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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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