My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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Page 211
... collection of walking sticks , and an old gun . In the chimney opening a coal fire in an iron grate takes the place of the open hearth and smoky peat of Radnorshire and other parts . A long substantial oak table , extending along the ...
... collection of walking sticks , and an old gun . In the chimney opening a coal fire in an iron grate takes the place of the open hearth and smoky peat of Radnorshire and other parts . A long substantial oak table , extending along the ...
Page 237
... collection , and I was amazed to find the great number and variety of beetles , their many strange forms and often beautiful markings or colouring , and was even more surprised when I found that almost all I saw had been collected ...
... collection , and I was amazed to find the great number and variety of beetles , their many strange forms and often beautiful markings or colouring , and was even more surprised when I found that almost all I saw had been collected ...
Page 254
... collection of facts , and an object to which they can be applied when collected . Many eminent writers support the theory of the progressive develop- ment of animals and plants . There is a very philosophical work bearing directly on ...
... collection of facts , and an object to which they can be applied when collected . Many eminent writers support the theory of the progressive develop- ment of animals and plants . There is a very philosophical work bearing directly on ...
Page 256
... I begin to feel rather dissatisfied with a mere local collection ; little is to be learnt by it . I should like to take some one family to study thoroughly , principally with a view to the theory of the origin 256 [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
... I begin to feel rather dissatisfied with a mere local collection ; little is to be learnt by it . I should like to take some one family to study thoroughly , principally with a view to the theory of the origin 256 [ CHAP . MY LIFE.
Page 263
... collections . I think we read the book in the latter part of the year ( or very early in 1848 ) , and we immediately communicated with Mr. Edward Doubleday , who had charge of the butterflies at the British Museum , for his advice upon ...
... collections . I think we read the book in the latter part of the year ( or very early in 1848 ) , and we immediately communicated with Mr. Edward Doubleday , who had charge of the butterflies at the British Museum , for his advice upon ...
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