My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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... ) MAP OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO . MY FAITHFUL MALAY BOY - ALI . 1855-1862 ALFRED R. WALLACE . 1869 • ( From a photograph by Mr. Sims ) 66 320 66 357 368 66 • 382 66 386 MY LIFE A RECORD OF EVENTS AND OPINIONS CHAPTER I.
... ) MAP OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO . MY FAITHFUL MALAY BOY - ALI . 1855-1862 ALFRED R. WALLACE . 1869 • ( From a photograph by Mr. Sims ) 66 320 66 357 368 66 • 382 66 386 MY LIFE A RECORD OF EVENTS AND OPINIONS CHAPTER I.
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... 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 . I myself left home before I was fourteen ...
... 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 . I myself left home before I was fourteen ...
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... Boy was called in aid So fatal to my suit before . Tell me , ye fair , this urchin's name Who still mankind annoys ; Cupid and he are not the same , Though each can raise or quench a flame , And both are hood - wink'd boys . " My sister ...
... Boy was called in aid So fatal to my suit before . Tell me , ye fair , this urchin's name Who still mankind annoys ; Cupid and he are not the same , Though each can raise or quench a flame , And both are hood - wink'd boys . " My sister ...
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... boy , seeing an elaborate engraving of the Port- land Vase , which was one of the illustrations ; and in those days before photography , when all had to be done by skilled artists and engravers , such illustrations were ruinously ex ...
... boy , seeing an elaborate engraving of the Port- land Vase , which was one of the illustrations ; and in those days before photography , when all had to be done by skilled artists and engravers , such illustrations were ruinously ex ...
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... boy in short frocks and with bare arms and legs , playing with my brother and sisters , or sitting in my mother's lap or on a footstool listening to stories , of which some fairy - tales , especially " Jack the Giant - Killer ...
... boy in short frocks and with bare arms and legs , playing with my brother and sisters , or sitting in my mother's lap or on a footstool listening to stories , of which some fairy - tales , especially " Jack the Giant - Killer ...
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