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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 . But now your Glass is run --- your work is 1 ] MY RELATIVES ...
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 . But now your Glass is run --- your work is 1 ] MY RELATIVES ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 . I may here add another illustration of ...
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 . I may here add another illustration of ...
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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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