My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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... bird , part beast , and vegetable part , Cut , slash'd , and wounded , yet I feel no smart . I have a skin , which though but thin and slender , Yet proves to me a powerful defender . When stript of that , so desperate is my case , I'm ...
... bird , part beast , and vegetable part , Cut , slash'd , and wounded , yet I feel no smart . I have a skin , which though but thin and slender , Yet proves to me a powerful defender . When stript of that , so desperate is my case , I'm ...
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A Record of Events and Opinions Alfred Russel Wallace. USK ths pocke and t aded to st & COV Bird an he im Casters ther ted an he bot sticks for a fire , which he lit with a.
A Record of Events and Opinions Alfred Russel Wallace. USK ths pocke and t aded to st & COV Bird an he im Casters ther ted an he bot sticks for a fire , which he lit with a.
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... bird - nesting , some played leap - frog or other games . Here again in after years . when I read " The Dream of Eugene Aram , " I always asso- ciated it with our games in the racing field , although the place described was totally ...
... bird - nesting , some played leap - frog or other games . Here again in after years . when I read " The Dream of Eugene Aram , " I always asso- ciated it with our games in the racing field , although the place described was totally ...
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... birds and insects in that tongue , and also to appreciate the derivation from Latin of many of our common English words . If the remaining time had been spent in learning German , the result would have been far more useful , but I do ...
... birds and insects in that tongue , and also to appreciate the derivation from Latin of many of our common English words . If the remaining time had been spent in learning German , the result would have been far more useful , but I do ...
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... birds , looking like wild geese , came flying towards us , and as they passed overhead at a moderate height , he threw up his gun , fired both barrels , and brought them both to the ground . Of course I went up to look at them , and ...
... birds , looking like wild geese , came flying towards us , and as they passed overhead at a moderate height , he threw up his gun , fired both barrels , and brought them both to the ground . Of course I went up to look at them , and ...
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