My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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A Record of Events and Opinions Alfred Russel Wallace. I may here add another illustration of how vividly these scenes of my childhood remain in my memory . My father was very fond of Cowper's poems , and often used to read them aloud to ...
A Record of Events and Opinions Alfred Russel Wallace. I may here add another illustration of how vividly these scenes of my childhood remain in my memory . My father was very fond of Cowper's poems , and often used to read them aloud to ...
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... Wallace , which , with long intervals of absence at various periods , has continued to this day . The way in which we were brought together throughout our boyhood is very curious . While at Hertford I lived altogether in five different ...
... Wallace , which , with long intervals of absence at various periods , has continued to this day . The way in which we were brought together throughout our boyhood is very curious . While at Hertford I lived altogether in five different ...
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A Record of Events and Opinions Alfred Russel Wallace. about a quarter of a mile from the main river . As I knew it , it was a circular pond nearly a hundred feet in diameter , filled with the most crystal clear water , and very deep in ...
A Record of Events and Opinions Alfred Russel Wallace. about a quarter of a mile from the main river . As I knew it , it was a circular pond nearly a hundred feet in diameter , filled with the most crystal clear water , and very deep in ...
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A Record of Events and Opinions Alfred Russel Wallace. Our ushers were not melancholy men , but sometimes one of them would bring a book to read while we played , and this was sufficient to carry out the resemblance to the poem , and ...
A Record of Events and Opinions Alfred Russel Wallace. Our ushers were not melancholy men , but sometimes one of them would bring a book to read while we played , and this was sufficient to carry out the resemblance to the poem , and ...
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... Wallace " Scots wae hae wi ' Wallace bled , " he added , I suppose to show what he meant . Then I had fruit of many kinds , including fine grapes , and a glass of wine , and after an hour more went to bed . In the morning , after ...
... Wallace " Scots wae hae wi ' Wallace bled , " he added , I suppose to show what he meant . Then I had fruit of many kinds , including fine grapes , and a glass of wine , and after an hour more went to bed . In the morning , after ...
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