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My mother's mother was a Miss Hudson , whose cousin I remember as owner of
the Town - mill in Hertford , and his daughters were my sisters ' playfellows and
friends , but this family is now extinct so far as the town is concerned . A sister of ...
My mother's mother was a Miss Hudson , whose cousin I remember as owner of
the Town - mill in Hertford , and his daughters were my sisters ' playfellows and
friends , but this family is now extinct so far as the town is concerned . A sister of ...
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The only thing I remember his telling us about his school was that his master
dressed in the old fashion , and that he had a best suit entirely of yellow velvet .
When my father left school he was articled to a firm of solicitors - Messrs .
Ewington ...
The only thing I remember his telling us about his school was that his master
dressed in the old fashion , and that he had a best suit entirely of yellow velvet .
When my father left school he was articled to a firm of solicitors - Messrs .
Ewington ...
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A few numbers were issued , and I remember , as a boy , seeing an elaborate
engraving of the Portland Vase , which was one of the illustrations ; and in those
days before photography , when all had to be done by skilled artists and
engravers ...
A few numbers were issued , and I remember , as a boy , seeing an elaborate
engraving of the Portland Vase , which was one of the illustrations ; and in those
days before photography , when all had to be done by skilled artists and
engravers ...
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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 , and all kinds of dairy
...
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 , and all kinds of dairy
...
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As I remember him from the age of fifty - five onwards , his hair was rather thin
and quite white , and he was always clean - shaved as in the miniature . He
continued to wear the frilled shirt and thick white neckties , but never wore any
outer ...
As I remember him from the age of fifty - five onwards , his hair was rather thin
and quite white , and he was always clean - shaved as in the miniature . He
continued to wear the frilled shirt and thick white neckties , but never wore any
outer ...
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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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