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5 , for “ passing ” read " passed . " 6 , for “ staying " read “ stayed . ” , 357 , , 8 , for “
fortunate " read “ so . ” 11 , for “ as is ” read “ and as it is ” ; also delete " ; as . par .
2 , line 3 , omit " because ” ; line 4 , new sentence , " It . ” 8 , after " and " insert ...
5 , for “ passing ” read " passed . " 6 , for “ staying " read “ stayed . ” , 357 , , 8 , for “
fortunate " read “ so . ” 11 , for “ as is ” read “ and as it is ” ; also delete " ; as . par .
2 , line 3 , omit " because ” ; line 4 , new sentence , " It . ” 8 , after " and " insert ...
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... they were given to the Miss Roberts above mentioned , who had a large house
at Epsom , and on her death they passed with the house to some relatives of her
mother , who had no kinship whatever with the Greenells . One of these portraits
...
... they were given to the Miss Roberts above mentioned , who had a large house
at Epsom , and on her death they passed with the house to some relatives of her
mother , who had no kinship whatever with the Greenells . One of these portraits
...
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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 . “ Kitty , a
fair but frozen maid , Kindled a flame I still deplore , The hood - wink'd Boy was
called ...
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 . “ Kitty , a
fair but frozen maid , Kindled a flame I still deplore , The hood - wink'd Boy was
called ...
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... old - fashioned house with a large garden , where my father passed the last
few years of his life in comparative freedom from worry about money matters ,
because these had reached such a pitch that nothing worse was to be expected .
... old - fashioned house with a large garden , where my father passed the last
few years of his life in comparative freedom from worry about money matters ,
because these had reached such a pitch that nothing worse was to be expected .
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pass the night without supper or bed , the resourceful Sandford comforted him by
promising that he should have both , and ... and potatoes , and having climbed up
the steep bank behind our house , as we often did , and passed over a field or ...
pass the night without supper or bed , the resourceful Sandford comforted him by
promising that he should have both , and ... and potatoes , and having climbed up
the steep bank behind our house , as we often did , and passed over a field or ...
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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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