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... he was a boy of twelve , and his mother when he was an infant , he had not
much opportunity of hearing about the family history . I myself left home before I
was fourteen , and only rarely visited my parents for short holidays , except once
...
... he was a boy of twelve , and his mother when he was an infant , he had not
much opportunity of hearing about the family history . I myself left home before I
was fourteen , and only rarely visited my parents for short holidays , except once
...
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... he once made in my hearing , that his uncles at Stirling ( I think he said ) were
very tall men . I myself was six feet when I was sixteen , and my eldest brother
William was an inch taller , while my brother John and sister Fanny were both
rather ...
... he once made in my hearing , that his uncles at Stirling ( I think he said ) were
very tall men . I myself was six feet when I was sixteen , and my eldest brother
William was an inch taller , while my brother John and sister Fanny were both
rather ...
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J . G . Wood , in his very interesting “ Natural History , " tells us that he has caught
thousands of them with his bare hands , and has often had six or seven at once
sticking to his hand without causing the slightest pain or leaving the least mark .
J . G . Wood , in his very interesting “ Natural History , " tells us that he has caught
thousands of them with his bare hands , and has often had six or seven at once
sticking to his hand without causing the slightest pain or leaving the least mark .
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... somebody was dead ; and when this curious dream came I at once associated
it with the hatchment , and directly I heard the distant flapping of wings , I used to
say to myself in my dream ) , “ The hatchment is coming ; I hope it will not get in .
... somebody was dead ; and when this curious dream came I at once associated
it with the hatchment , and directly I heard the distant flapping of wings , I used to
say to myself in my dream ) , “ The hatchment is coming ; I hope it will not get in .
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... perhaps five feet high , between us and the adjoining house . The very first
incident I remember , which happened , I think , on the morning after my arrival ,
was of a boy about my own age looking over this wall , who at once inquired , “
Hullo ...
... perhaps five feet high , between us and the adjoining house . The very first
incident I remember , which happened , I think , on the morning after my arrival ,
was of a boy about my own age looking over this wall , who at once inquired , “
Hullo ...
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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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