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... opportunity of learning anything of our ancestors on the paternal side , more
especially as my father seldom spoke of his youth , and I as a boy felt no interest
in his genealogy . Neither did my eldest brother William - with whom I lived VOL .
... opportunity of learning anything of our ancestors on the paternal side , more
especially as my father seldom spoke of his youth , and I as a boy felt no interest
in his genealogy . Neither did my eldest brother William - with whom I lived VOL .
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... spiral stair , and walk round the top , which had a low parapet on the outer side
, while on the inner we looked down to the bottom of the tower , which descended
below the ground - level into an excavation said to have been the dungeon .
... spiral stair , and walk round the top , which had a low parapet on the outer side
, while on the inner we looked down to the bottom of the tower , which descended
below the ground - level into an excavation said to have been the dungeon .
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Our house was less than a quarter of a mile from the old bridge of three arches
over the river Usk , by which we reached the town , which was and is entirely
confined to the east side of the river , while we lived on the west . The walk there
was ...
Our house was less than a quarter of a mile from the old bridge of three arches
over the river Usk , by which we reached the town , which was and is entirely
confined to the east side of the river , while we lived on the west . The walk there
was ...
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Although the town of Usk had grown considerably on the north side towards the
railway , yet , to my surprise and delight , I found that no change whatever had
occurred on our side of the river , where , between the bridge and Llanbadock ,
not ...
Although the town of Usk had grown considerably on the north side towards the
railway , yet , to my surprise and delight , I found that no change whatever had
occurred on our side of the river , where , between the bridge and Llanbadock ,
not ...
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I remember sitting with my mother and sisters on a seat at one side of the boat ,
which seemed to me about as wide as a small room , of its leaning over so that
we were close to the water , and especially of the great boom of the mainsail ,
when ...
I remember sitting with my mother and sisters on a seat at one side of the boat ,
which seemed to me about as wide as a small room , of its leaning over so that
we were close to the water , and especially of the great boom of the mainsail ,
when ...
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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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