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My father and mother , however , were under rather than over middle height , and
the remark about his tall uncles was to account for this abnormal height by
showing that it was in the family . As all the Wallaces of Scotland are held to be ...
My father and mother , however , were under rather than over middle height , and
the remark about his tall uncles was to account for this abnormal height by
showing that it was in the family . As all the Wallaces of Scotland are held to be ...
Page 51
... of talk and gossip and school stories , which kept us all employed and amused
till within about a quarter of an hour of the time for being called up , when some
one would remark , “ I say , let ' s do our translation ; I don ' t know a word of it .
... of talk and gossip and school stories , which kept us all employed and amused
till within about a quarter of an hour of the time for being called up , when some
one would remark , “ I say , let ' s do our translation ; I don ' t know a word of it .
Page 111
This wish to know the names of wild plants , to be able even to speak of them ,
and to learn anything that was known about them , had arisen from a chance
remark I had overheard about a year before . A lady , who was governess in a
Quaker ...
This wish to know the names of wild plants , to be able even to speak of them ,
and to learn anything that was known about them , had arisen from a chance
remark I had overheard about a year before . A lady , who was governess in a
Quaker ...
Page 120
There was nothing very marked in the rest of the year . In 1842 frost was
predicted for several days at the end of January and the first week in February ,
which was correct . April was foretold to have only four days ' rain , and the
remark of the ...
There was nothing very marked in the rest of the year . In 1842 frost was
predicted for several days at the end of January and the first week in February ,
which was correct . April was foretold to have only four days ' rain , and the
remark of the ...
Page 164
He used to walk about a good deal with a pipe in his mouth and dressed in a
gamekeeper style , and he always stopped to make some remark , and then
walked on without waiting for an answer . My brother made a rough pen - and -
ink ...
He used to walk about a good deal with a pipe in his mouth and dressed in a
gamekeeper style , and he always stopped to make some remark , and then
walked on without waiting for an answer . My brother made a rough pen - and -
ink ...
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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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