My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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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.
Page 116
... insects . life After a few weeks at home at Hoddesdon , I went back to Barton , where we had some work till after Christmas . On New Year's Day , 1838 , the first section of the London and Birmingham Railway was opened to Tring , and I ...
... insects . life After a few weeks at home at Hoddesdon , I went back to Barton , where we had some work till after Christmas . On New Year's Day , 1838 , the first section of the London and Birmingham Railway was opened to Tring , and I ...
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 ...
Page 238
... 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 ...
Page 240
... 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 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