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When stript of that , so desperate is my case , I'm oft devoured in half an hour's
space . ” One more enigma in my father's writing is interesting because founded
on a custom common in my youth , but which has now wholly passed away .
When stript of that , so desperate is my case , I'm oft devoured in half an hour's
space . ” One more enigma in my father's writing is interesting because founded
on a custom common in my youth , but which has now wholly passed away .
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He proposes , in fact , to commence another magazine with a different name ,
which he says will cost only sixty guineas a number , and can be published at
half a crown . He refers to the General Chronicle as if that were the title 1 ] 11 MY
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He proposes , in fact , to commence another magazine with a different name ,
which he says will cost only sixty guineas a number , and can be published at
half a crown . He refers to the General Chronicle as if that were the title 1 ] 11 MY
...
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... half London prices . Here , so far as I remember , only one servant was kept ,
and my father did most of the garden work himself , and provided the family with
all the vegetables and most of the fruit which was consumed . Poultry , meat , fish
...
... half London prices . Here , so far as I remember , only one servant was kept ,
and my father did most of the garden work himself , and provided the family with
all the vegetables and most of the fruit which was consumed . Poultry , meat , fish
...
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was fairly active and fond of gardening and other country occupations , such as
brewing beer and making grape or elder wine whenever he had the opportunity ;
and during some years at Hertford he rented a garden about half a mile away , in
...
was fairly active and fond of gardening and other country occupations , such as
brewing beer and making grape or elder wine whenever he had the opportunity ;
and during some years at Hertford he rented a garden about half a mile away , in
...
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... such I cried The life of man ! In youth swoll'n high with pride , The passions
raging , noisy , foaming , bold , Like the rough stream a constant tumult hold . But
when his steps turn towards the setting sun And more than half his wayward
course ...
... such I cried The life of man ! In youth swoll'n high with pride , The passions
raging , noisy , foaming , bold , Like the rough stream a constant tumult hold . But
when his steps turn towards the setting sun And more than half his wayward
course ...
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| Title | My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köide Bell's Indian and colonial library My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Author | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | G. Bell & Sons, 1905 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 10 mai 2018 |
| ISBN | 059800596X, 9780598005960 |
| Length | 447 pages |
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