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... glazier , was your trade , And in sodering pipes none could you exceed . In
Water - work you took great delight And had power to force it to any Height , But
in Water - closets great was your skill , For each branch was subordinate to your
will .
... glazier , was your trade , And in sodering pipes none could you exceed . In
Water - work you took great delight And had power to force it to any Height , But
in Water - closets great was your skill , For each branch was subordinate to your
will .
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When I went to the Amazon , he took a small dairy - farm at too high a rent , and
not making this pay , in 1849 he emigrated to California at the height of the first
rush for gold , joined several mining camps , and was moderately successful .
When I went to the Amazon , he took a small dairy - farm at too high a rent , and
not making this pay , in 1849 he emigrated to California at the height of the first
rush for gold , joined several mining camps , and was moderately successful .
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He had had some injury to one of his ankles which often continued to trouble him
, and gave him a slight lameness , and in consequence of this he never took very
long walks . He was rather precise and regular in his habits , quiet and rather ...
He had had some injury to one of his ankles which often continued to trouble him
, and gave him a slight lameness , and in consequence of this he never took very
long walks . He was rather precise and regular in his habits , quiet and rather ...
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There is also another incident in which I remember that my brother and at least
one , if not two , of my sisters took part . Among the books read to us was “
Sandford and Merton , ” the only part of which that I distinctly remember is when
the two ...
There is also another incident in which I remember that my brother and at least
one , if not two , of my sisters took part . Among the books read to us was “
Sandford and Merton , ” the only part of which that I distinctly remember is when
the two ...
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... exactly in the same form , as to become quite familiar to me . 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 .
... exactly in the same form , as to become quite familiar to me . 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 .
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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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