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My father was practically an only son , an elder boy dying when three months old
; and as his father died when he was a boy of twelve , and his mother when he
was an infant , he had not much opportunity of hearing about the family history .
My father was practically an only son , an elder boy dying when three months old
; and as his father died when he was a boy of twelve , and his mother when he
was an infant , he had not much opportunity of hearing about the family history .
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Of the five daughters , the first - born died when five months old ; the next , Eliza ,
died of consumption at Hertford , aged twenty - two . Two others , Mary Anne and
Emma , died at Usk at the ages of eight and six respectively ; while Frances ...
Of the five daughters , the first - born died when five months old ; the next , Eliza ,
died of consumption at Hertford , aged twenty - two . Two others , Mary Anne and
Emma , died at Usk at the ages of eight and six respectively ; while Frances ...
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Of the next few months of my life I have also but slight recollections , confined to a
few isolated facts or incidents . On leaving the inn we went to my aunt ' s at
Dulwich . Mrs . Wilson was my mother ' s only sister , who had married a solicitor
...
Of the next few months of my life I have also but slight recollections , confined to a
few isolated facts or incidents . On leaving the inn we went to my aunt ' s at
Dulwich . Mrs . Wilson was my mother ' s only sister , who had married a solicitor
...
Page 61
How long that was I cannot remember , but I do not think it was very long ,
perhaps a month or two , or till the beginning of the next holidays . But while it
lasted it was , perhaps , the severest punishment I ever endured . In an article on
the ...
How long that was I cannot remember , but I do not think it was very long ,
perhaps a month or two , or till the beginning of the next holidays . But while it
lasted it was , perhaps , the severest punishment I ever endured . In an article on
the ...
Page 73
It must have been about this time that I was sent for a few months as a boarder at
the Grammar School , as already stated ; but this whole period of my life is very
indistinct . I am sure , however , that we moved to the next house in St . Andrew ' s
...
It must have been about this time that I was sent for a few months as a boarder at
the Grammar School , as already stated ; but this whole period of my life is very
indistinct . I am sure , however , that we moved to the next house in St . Andrew ' s
...
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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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