My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 55
... travellers were ever read , no good maps ever given us , nothing but the horrid stream of unin- telligible place - names , to be learnt in their due order as belonging to a certain country . History was very little better , being ...
... travellers were ever read , no good maps ever given us , nothing but the horrid stream of unin- telligible place - names , to be learnt in their due order as belonging to a certain country . History was very little better , being ...
Page 138
... of the design and work- manship , how to keep accounts , pay the workmen , and pro- bably to act as a traveller for the firm . But even if my health would have stood the office - work I should never 138 [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
... of the design and work- manship , how to keep accounts , pay the workmen , and pro- bably to act as a traveller for the firm . But even if my health would have stood the office - work I should never 138 [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
Page 256
... traveller , it is second only to Humboldt's ' Personal Narrative ' - as a work of general interest , perhaps superior to it . He is an ardent admirer and most able supporter of Mr. Lyell's views . His style of writing I very much admire ...
... traveller , it is second only to Humboldt's ' Personal Narrative ' - as a work of general interest , perhaps superior to it . He is an ardent admirer and most able supporter of Mr. Lyell's views . His style of writing I very much admire ...
Page 270
... travellers . But I soon found that these creatures were plentiful enough when I knew where and how to look for them , and that the number of different kinds of all the groups of animals is wonderfully great . The special interest of ...
... travellers . But I soon found that these creatures were plentiful enough when I knew where and how to look for them , and that the number of different kinds of all the groups of animals is wonderfully great . The special interest of ...
Page 276
... traveller and botanist , came out in the same ship with my brother , and was accompanied by a young Englishman , Mr. King , as an assistant and pupil in botany ; and as Dr. Spruce was a well- educated men , a most ardent botanist , and ...
... traveller and botanist , came out in the same ship with my brother , and was accompanied by a young Englishman , Mr. King , as an assistant and pupil in botany ; and as Dr. Spruce was a well- educated men , a most ardent botanist , and ...
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