My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 51
Page 69
... collection of ornamental seals , which , if carefully preserved , would last for years . Almost all the above amusements and occupations were carried on in the stable and loft already described , during the two or three years we lived ...
... collection of ornamental seals , which , if carefully preserved , would last for years . Almost all the above amusements and occupations were carried on in the stable and loft already described , during the two or three years we lived ...
Page 75
... collection of all the standard novels of the day . Every wet Saturday after- noon I spent there ; and on Tuesdays and Thursdays , which were our four - o'clock days , I usually spent an hour there instead of stopping to play or going ...
... collection of all the standard novels of the day . Every wet Saturday after- noon I spent there ; and on Tuesdays and Thursdays , which were our four - o'clock days , I usually spent an hour there instead of stopping to play or going ...
Page 171
... collection of pictures , many by the old masters , and the whole contents of his family mansion were sold , but did not suffice to pay his debts or prevent his dying in prison . From the account given by his intimate friend and ...
... collection of pictures , many by the old masters , and the whole contents of his family mansion were sold , but did not suffice to pay his debts or prevent his dying in prison . From the account given by his intimate friend and ...
Page 199
... collection of plants that I began to write down , more or less systematically , my ideas on various subjects that interested me . Three of these early attempts have been preserved and are now before me . They all bear dates of the ...
... collection of plants that I began to write down , more or less systematically , my ideas on various subjects that interested me . Three of these early attempts have been preserved and are now before me . They all bear dates of the ...
Page 203
... collection of those series which were most complete would be obtained . I have given the con- cluding passage of the lecture as it appears in the rough draft , which never got rewritten . " Can we believe that we are fulfilling the ...
... collection of those series which were most complete would be obtained . I have given the con- cluding passage of the lecture as it appears in the rough draft , which never got rewritten . " Can we believe that we are fulfilling the ...
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 Lombok 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 stayed surveying Ternate thought Tidore tion told took town tropical Uaupés valley various village voyage walk Wallace week Welsh whole wood