My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 55
Page 8
... writers or not of any interest , but among them are a few that seem worth preserving . The following epitaph by a Dominican friar on Pope Clement the Fourth is remarkable for the ingenuity of the verse , which is equally good when the ...
... writers or not of any interest , but among them are a few that seem worth preserving . The following epitaph by a Dominican friar on Pope Clement the Fourth is remarkable for the ingenuity of the verse , which is equally good when the ...
Page 9
... solution good enough . The following is in my father's writing , and as it is com- paratively easy , I leave the answer to my young reader's ingenuity : - 66 " A RIDDLE . " O Doctor , Doctor MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS 9.
... solution good enough . The following is in my father's writing , and as it is com- paratively easy , I leave the answer to my young reader's ingenuity : - 66 " A RIDDLE . " O Doctor , Doctor MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS 9.
Page 10
... writing is interesting because founded on a custom common in my youth , but which has now wholly passed away . " Kitty , a fair but frozen maid , Kindled a flame I still deplore , The hood - wink'd Boy was called in aid So fatal to my ...
... writing is interesting because founded on a custom common in my youth , but which has now wholly passed away . " Kitty , a fair but frozen maid , Kindled a flame I still deplore , The hood - wink'd Boy was called in aid So fatal to my ...
Page 39
... writer , the scene of that wonderful poem which begins with the verse- " ' Twas in a shady Avenue , Where lofty Elms abound- And from a tree There came to me A sad and solemn sound , That sometimes murmur'd overhead And sometimes ...
... writer , the scene of that wonderful poem which begins with the verse- " ' Twas in a shady Avenue , Where lofty Elms abound- And from a tree There came to me A sad and solemn sound , That sometimes murmur'd overhead And sometimes ...
Page 51
... writer . Sometimes our laziness and ignorance were found out , and we either had to stay in an hour and go over it again , or copy it out a dozen times , or some other stupid imposition . But as this only occurred now and then , of ...
... writer . Sometimes our laziness and ignorance were found out , and we either had to stay in an hour and go over it again , or copy it out a dozen times , or some other stupid imposition . But as this only occurred now and then , of ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
A. R. Wallace acquaintance afterwards Amazon animals Aru Islands beautiful beetles birds of paradise boys Brecknockshire brother butterflies called character collections colour Darwin delight England English fact father feet forest garden gave George Silk give Greenell half heard Hertford Hoddesdon hundred insects interesting island journey kind land letter lived London look Malacca Malay Archipelago miles Moluccas months mountain native Natural Selection nature nearly Neath never obtained origin of species paper parish perhaps plants portion Radnorshire remark remember Rio Negro river rock Sarawak seemed seen side Singapore Sir Charles sister sketch slope soon Sorong species stayed surveying Ternate thought tion told took town tropical Uaupés valley various village voyage walk Wallace week Welsh whole wood