My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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... young man , and I was said to resemble him , not only in features , but in a slight peculiarity in one eyebrow , which was indicated on the portrait . I wished to obtain a photograph of this portrait a few years ago , but the present ...
... young man , and I was said to resemble him , not only in features , but in a slight peculiarity in one eyebrow , which was indicated on the portrait . I wished to obtain a photograph of this portrait a few years ago , but the present ...
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... solution good enough . The following is in my father's writing , and as it is com- paratively easy , I leave the answer to my young reader's ingenuity : - " A RIDDLE . " O Doctor , Doctor , [ ] 9 MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS.
... solution good enough . The following is in my father's writing , and as it is com- paratively easy , I leave the answer to my young reader's ingenuity : - " A RIDDLE . " O Doctor , Doctor , [ ] 9 MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS.
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... young ladies in a roomy , 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 ...
... young ladies in a roomy , 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 ...
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... young fish , as my recollection of them is that they were like little eels , and not more than six or eight inches long , whereas the full - grown lampreys are from a foot and a half to nearly three feet long . The lamprey was a ...
... young fish , as my recollection of them is that they were like little eels , and not more than six or eight inches long , whereas the full - grown lampreys are from a foot and a half to nearly three feet long . The lamprey was a ...
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... young children suffer far less pain than adults from the same injuries . And this is quite in accordance with the purpose for which pain exists , which is to guard the body against injuries dangerous to life , and giving us the impulse ...
... young children suffer far less pain than adults from the same injuries . And this is quite in accordance with the purpose for which pain exists , which is to guard the body against injuries dangerous to life , and giving us the impulse ...
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