My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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... NATURAL SELECTION AND TROPICAL NATURE , " ETC. WITH FACSIMILE letters , ILLUSTRATIONS AND PORTRAITS TWO VOLUMES VOLUME I LONDON : CHAPMAN & HALL , LD . PREFACE THE present volumes would not have been written had 1905 MY LIFE.
... NATURAL SELECTION AND TROPICAL NATURE , " ETC. WITH FACSIMILE letters , ILLUSTRATIONS AND PORTRAITS TWO VOLUMES VOLUME I LONDON : CHAPMAN & HALL , LD . PREFACE THE present volumes would not have been written had 1905 MY LIFE.
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... natural size ) 3. PIMELODUS HOLOMELAS . FAM . SILURID¯ ( One - third natural size ) 4. PLECOSTOMUS GUACARI . FAM . LORICARIID¯ . ( One - third natural size ) 5. PTEROPHYLLUM SCALARA . FAM . CICHLID¯ 285 286 " " 286 · 286 99 ( One ...
... natural size ) 3. PIMELODUS HOLOMELAS . FAM . SILURID¯ ( One - third natural size ) 4. PLECOSTOMUS GUACARI . FAM . LORICARIID¯ . ( One - third natural size ) 5. PTEROPHYLLUM SCALARA . FAM . CICHLID¯ 285 286 " " 286 · 286 99 ( One ...
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... nature of the work . It is on large paper , 11 by 8 inches to the outer line of the engraving , the margins having been cut off . It is headed " Gallery of Antiquities , British Museum , Pl . I. , " and contains forty distinct copper ...
... nature of the work . It is on large paper , 11 by 8 inches to the outer line of the engraving , the margins having been cut off . It is headed " Gallery of Antiquities , British Museum , Pl . I. , " and contains forty distinct copper ...
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... , and the friend In soft regret by these sweet trophies bend . Nor let the selfish sneer , the proud upbraid , The tribute thus by love , by duty paid , In nature's purest sentiments its source , Here nature speaks 18 [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
... , and the friend In soft regret by these sweet trophies bend . Nor let the selfish sneer , the proud upbraid , The tribute thus by love , by duty paid , In nature's purest sentiments its source , Here nature speaks 18 [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
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A Record of Events and Opinions Alfred Russel Wallace. In nature's purest sentiments its source , Here nature speaks with a resistless force . What though these flow'rets speedily decay Yet they our love , our tenderest thoughts display ...
A Record of Events and Opinions Alfred Russel Wallace. In nature's purest sentiments its source , Here nature speaks with a resistless force . What though these flow'rets speedily decay Yet they our love , our tenderest thoughts display ...
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