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My mother's mother was a Miss Hudson , whose cousin I remember as owner of the Town - mill in Hertford , and his daughters were my sisters ' playfellows and friends , but this family is now extinct so far as the town is concerned .
My mother's mother was a Miss Hudson , whose cousin I remember as owner of the Town - mill in Hertford , and his daughters were my sisters ' playfellows and friends , but this family is now extinct so far as the town is concerned .
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About five years later he came home , married Miss Webster , and returning to California , settled for some years at Columbia , a small mining town in Tuolumne County . He afterwards removed to Stockton , where he practised as surveyor ...
About five years later he came home , married Miss Webster , and returning to California , settled for some years at Columbia , a small mining town in Tuolumne County . He afterwards removed to Stockton , where he practised as surveyor ...
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In those days of scanty population and abundant fish the river was not preserved , and a number of men got their living , or part of it , by supplying the towns with salmon and trout in their season . It is very interesting that this ...
In those days of scanty population and abundant fish the river was not preserved , and a number of men got their living , or part of it , by supplying the towns with salmon and trout in their season . It is very interesting that this ...
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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 .
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 .
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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 ...
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 ...
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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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