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As we went to school even in winter at seven in the morning , and three days a
week remained till five in the afternoon , some artificial lighting was necessary ,
and this was effected by the primitive method of every boy bringing his own
candles ...
As we went to school even in winter at seven in the morning , and three days a
week remained till five in the afternoon , some artificial lighting was necessary ,
and this was effected by the primitive method of every boy bringing his own
candles ...
Page 54
The incessant grinding in both , week after week and year after year , resulted in
my knowing both the product of any two numbers up to twelve , and the chief
towns of any English county so thoroughly , that the result was automatic , and
the ...
The incessant grinding in both , week after week and year after year , resulted in
my knowing both the product of any two numbers up to twelve , and the chief
towns of any English county so thoroughly , that the result was automatic , and
the ...
Page 55
Three times a week half the boys had a hot buttered roll instead of the bread -
and - butter . These penny rolls were much larger than any I have seen in recent
years , although this was in the corn - law days , and one of them was as much as
...
Three times a week half the boys had a hot buttered roll instead of the bread -
and - butter . These penny rolls were much larger than any I have seen in recent
years , although this was in the corn - law days , and one of them was as much as
...
Page 65
Till I was ten years old or more I had only a penny a week regularly , while John
may perhaps have had twopence , and it was very rarely that we got tips to the
amount of the smaller silver coins . We were , therefore , obliged to save up for
any ...
Till I was ten years old or more I had only a penny a week regularly , while John
may perhaps have had twopence , and it was very rarely that we got tips to the
amount of the smaller silver coins . We were , therefore , obliged to save up for
any ...
Page 81
He gave them as 255 . a week against 16s . fifty years earlier , whereas they were
only earning an average of 2os . in 1883 . The wages where my brother worked
were 305 . a week for all the men employed . We see , therefore , that Mr . Giffen ...
He gave them as 255 . a week against 16s . fifty years earlier , whereas they were
only earning an average of 2os . in 1883 . The wages where my brother worked
were 305 . a week for all the men employed . We see , therefore , that Mr . Giffen ...
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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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