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I will now say a few words about my father ' s early life , and the various family
troubles which , though apparently very disadvantageous to his children , may yet
have been on the whole , as is so often the case , benefits in disguise . My father
...
I will now say a few words about my father ' s early life , and the various family
troubles which , though apparently very disadvantageous to his children , may yet
have been on the whole , as is so often the case , benefits in disguise . My father
...
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My whole by dextrous artifice contrives To gain the prize by which he stands
accurst , And plung ' d in infamy when most he thrives , He gains my second
whilst he gives my first . " I myself believe the answer to be " cut - purse ” - a ...
My whole by dextrous artifice contrives To gain the prize by which he stands
accurst , And plung ' d in infamy when most he thrives , He gains my second
whilst he gives my first . " I myself believe the answer to be " cut - purse ” - a ...
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After a very few numbers were issued the whole thing came to grief , partly , it
was said , by the defalcations of a manager or bookkeeper , who appropriated
the money advanced by my father to pay for work and materials , and partly , no
doubt ...
After a very few numbers were issued the whole thing came to grief , partly , it
was said , by the defalcations of a manager or bookkeeper , who appropriated
the money advanced by my father to pay for work and materials , and partly , no
doubt ...
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But , unfortunately , other creditors pressed upon him , and he was obliged to
sacrifice the whole of the building estate at almost a nominal price . Out of the
wreck of the solicitor ' s fortune my father obtained a small portion of the money
due ...
But , unfortunately , other creditors pressed upon him , and he was obliged to
sacrifice the whole of the building estate at almost a nominal price . Out of the
wreck of the solicitor ' s fortune my father obtained a small portion of the money
due ...
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On the whole , both the Wallaces and the Greenells seem to have been rather
long - lived families when they reached manhood or womanhood . The five
ancestral Wallaces of whom I have records had an average age of seventy 1 ] MY
...
On the whole , both the Wallaces and the Greenells seem to have been rather
long - lived families when they reached manhood or womanhood . The five
ancestral Wallaces of whom I have records had an average age of seventy 1 ] MY
...
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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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