My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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... various branches of the one family of the hero Sir William Wallace , we have always considered ourselves to be descended from that famous stock ; and this view is supported by the fact that our family crest was said to be an ostrich's ...
... various branches of the one family of the hero Sir William Wallace , we have always considered ourselves to be descended from that famous stock ; and this view is supported by the fact that our family crest was said to be an ostrich's ...
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... various family troubles which , though apparently very disadvantageous to his children , may yet have been on the whole , as is so often the case , benefits in disguise . My father , Thomas Vere Wallace , was twelve years old . when his ...
... various family troubles which , though apparently very disadvantageous to his children , may yet have been on the whole , as is so often the case , benefits in disguise . My father , Thomas Vere Wallace , was twelve years old . when his ...
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... various places he visited ; among which are Brighton , Lowes- toft , Bognor , Ryegate , Godalming , Sevenoaks , Chichester , etc. Most of these are commonplace reflections on the uncertainty of life or equally commonplace declarations ...
... various places he visited ; among which are Brighton , Lowes- toft , Bognor , Ryegate , Godalming , Sevenoaks , Chichester , etc. Most of these are commonplace reflections on the uncertainty of life or equally commonplace declarations ...
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... 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 idle- ness between one job and another , it was about as much as my brother ...
... 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 idle- ness between one job and another , it was about as much as my brother ...
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... various directions , often from many miles distant , adds greatly to the interest of the scene . to be one of the expressions of the idealism and poetry characteristic of most Celtic peoples . This custom seems CHAPTER II USK MY ...
... various directions , often from many miles distant , adds greatly to the interest of the scene . to be one of the expressions of the idealism and poetry characteristic of most Celtic peoples . This custom seems CHAPTER II USK MY ...
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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