My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1905 |
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Page 52
... to me has been the enabling me to understand the specific descriptions of birds and insects in that tongue , and also to appreciate the derivation from Latin of many of our common English words . If the 52 [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
... to me has been the enabling me to understand the specific descriptions of birds and insects in that tongue , and also to appreciate the derivation from Latin of many of our common English words . If the 52 [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
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... insects . On After a few weeks at home at Hoddesdon , I went back to Barton , where we had some work till after Christmas . New Year's Day , 1838 , the first section of the London and Birmingham Railway was opened to Tring , and I and ...
... insects . On After a few weeks at home at Hoddesdon , I went back to Barton , where we had some work till after Christmas . New Year's Day , 1838 , the first section of the London and Birmingham Railway was opened to Tring , and I and ...
Page 187
... insect enemies . Mr. and Mrs. Osgood were both natives of the ancient town of Bideford , Devon , which they continually referred to as the standard of both manners and morality , to the great disadvantage of the Welsh . They were both ...
... insect enemies . Mr. and Mrs. Osgood were both natives of the ancient town of Bideford , Devon , which they continually referred to as the standard of both manners and morality , to the great disadvantage of the Welsh . They were both ...
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... insects . For variety we had the meadows along the course of the little river Soar , which were very pleasant in spring and summer . Twice during the summer the whole of the boarders were taken for a long day's excursion . The first ...
... insects . For variety we had the meadows along the course of the little river Soar , which were very pleasant in spring and summer . Twice during the summer the whole of the boarders were taken for a long day's excursion . The first ...
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... insect - life , opening to me a new aspect of nature , and later on finding in him a companion without whom I might never have ventured on my journey to the Amazon . The other and equally im- portant circumstance was my reading Malthus ...
... insect - life , opening to me a new aspect of nature , and later on finding in him a companion without whom I might never have ventured on my journey to the Amazon . The other and equally im- portant circumstance was my reading Malthus ...
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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 learnt letter lived Llanbister 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 species surveying Ternate thought tion told took town tropical Uaupés valley various village voyage walk Wallace week Welsh whole wood
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Page 28 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn : He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away ! I remember, I remember...
Page 155 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 155 - The land shall not be sold for ever; for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
Page 113 - But bringing up the rear of this bright host A Spirit of a different aspect waved His wings, like thunder-clouds above some coast Whose barren beach with frequent wrecks is paved ; His brow was like the deep when tempest-toss'd ; Fierce and unfathomable thoughts engraved Eternal wrath on his immortal face, And where he gazed a gloom pervaded space.
Page 101 - ... remarkable is the general spirit of kindness and affection which is shown towards them, and the entire absence of everything that is likely to give them bad habits, with the presence of whatever is calculated to inspire them with good ones ; the consequence is, that they appear like one well-regulated family, united together by the ties of the closest affection. We heard no quarrels from the youngest to the eldest ; and so strongly impressed are they with the conviction that their interest and...
Page 165 - And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
Page 40 - His hat was off, his vest apart, To catch heaven's blessed breeze; For a burning thought was in his brow, And his bosom ill at ease; So he leaned his head on his hands, and read The book between his knees!
Page 256 - I begin to feel rather dissatisfied with a mere local collection ; little is to be learnt by it. I should like to take some one family to study thoroughly, principally with a view to the theory of the origin of species. By that means I am strongly of opinion that some definite results might be arrived at.
Page 358 - ... varieties ; or he may give me trouble by arriving at another conclusion ; but, at all events, his facts will be given for me to work upon.
Page 355 - Every species has come into existence coincident both in space and time with a preexisting closely allied species.