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Page 24
... swift - flowing river on one side and the narrow fields and wooded steep bank
on the other ; while from the bridge itself there was a very beautiful view up the
river - valley , of the mountains near Abergavenny , ten miles off , the conical
sugar ...
... swift - flowing river on one side and the narrow fields and wooded steep bank
on the other ; while from the bridge itself there was a very beautiful view up the
river - valley , of the mountains near Abergavenny , ten miles off , the conical
sugar ...
Page 35
Few small towns ( it had then less than six thousand inhabitants ) have a more
agreeable public playground than Hartham , with the level valley of the Lea
stretching away to Ware on the east , the town itself just over the river on the
south ...
Few small towns ( it had then less than six thousand inhabitants ) have a more
agreeable public playground than Hartham , with the level valley of the Lea
stretching away to Ware on the east , the town itself just over the river on the
south ...
Page 107
On the west side of this valley the steep slope was thickly covered with hazel and
other bushes , as well as a good many trees , forming a hanging wood full of wild
flowers , and offering a delightful shade in the heat of the afternoon . About a ...
On the west side of this valley the steep slope was thickly covered with hazel and
other bushes , as well as a good many trees , forming a hanging wood full of wild
flowers , and offering a delightful shade in the heat of the afternoon . About a ...
Page 108
We found a very steep and narrow valley something like that called the Devil ' s
Dyke near Brighton ; but this was thickly wooded on both sides , and the little
stream at the bottom , rushing over a pebbly bed , produced a roaring sound
which ...
We found a very steep and narrow valley something like that called the Devil ' s
Dyke near Brighton ; but this was thickly wooded on both sides , and the little
stream at the bottom , rushing over a pebbly bed , produced a roaring sound
which ...
Page 134
... it was probably associated with some legend in early time , but it is in all
probability a relic of the ice - age , and was brought by the glacier or ice - sheet
that at one time extended over all midland England as far as the Thames valley .
... it was probably associated with some legend in early time , but it is in all
probability a relic of the ice - age , and was brought by the glacier or ice - sheet
that at one time extended over all midland England as far as the Thames valley .
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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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