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Page 7
From this time till he married , fifteen years later , he appears to have lived quite
idly , so far as being without any systematic occupation , often going to Bath in the
season , where he used to tell us he had met the celebrated Beau Brummell and
...
From this time till he married , fifteen years later , he appears to have lived quite
idly , so far as being without any systematic occupation , often going to Bath in the
season , where he used to tell us he had met the celebrated Beau Brummell and
...
Page 14
During the time I was with him we were largely engaged in this kind of work in
various parts of England and Wales , as will be seen later on ; but the payment for
such work was by no means liberal , and owing to the frequent periods of
idleness ...
During the time I was with him we were largely engaged in this kind of work in
various parts of England and Wales , as will be seen later on ; but the payment for
such work was by no means liberal , and owing to the frequent periods of
idleness ...
Page 15
About five years later he came home , married Miss Webster , and returning to
California , settled for some years at Columbia , a small mining town in Tuolumne
County . He afterwards removed to Stockton , where he practised as surveyor
and ...
About five years later he came home , married Miss Webster , and returning to
California , settled for some years at Columbia , a small mining town in Tuolumne
County . He afterwards removed to Stockton , where he practised as surveyor
and ...
Page 25
It is only at a considerably later period that I begin to recollect them as distinct
and well - marked individuals whose form and features could not be mistaken -
as , in fact , being my father and mother , my brothers and sisters ; and the house
and ...
It is only at a considerably later period that I begin to recollect them as distinct
and well - marked individuals whose form and features could not be mistaken -
as , in fact , being my father and mother , my brothers and sisters ; and the house
and ...
Page 29
As will be seen later on , this immunity ceased as soon as we went to live in a
town . I remember only one childish accident . The cook was taking away a frying
- pan with a good deal of boiling fat in it , which for some reason I wanted to see ...
As will be seen later on , this immunity ceased as soon as we went to live in a
town . I remember only one childish accident . The cook was taking away a frying
- pan with a good deal of boiling fat in it , which for some reason I wanted to see ...
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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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