My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 29
Page 74
... continued with me throughout life . Another valuable toy was a model of a bridge in wood , the separate stones constituting the arch of which could be built up on a light centre , showing beautifully the principle of the arch 74 [ CHAP ...
... continued with me throughout life . Another valuable toy was a model of a bridge in wood , the separate stones constituting the arch of which could be built up on a light centre , showing beautifully the principle of the arch 74 [ CHAP ...
Page 97
... continued to pay every worker full wages for the whole of the four months during which the scarcity lasted , employing them in thoroughly cleaning the mills and machinery , repairing the houses , etc. This cost £ 7000 , which he paid on ...
... continued to pay every worker full wages for the whole of the four months during which the scarcity lasted , employing them in thoroughly cleaning the mills and machinery , repairing the houses , etc. This cost £ 7000 , which he paid on ...
Page 100
... continued pilfering of bobbins and other small articles used in the mills , he invented a system ( unfortunately not explained ) by which the many thousands of these articles which passed from hand to hand daily were so recorded ...
... continued pilfering of bobbins and other small articles used in the mills , he invented a system ( unfortunately not explained ) by which the many thousands of these articles which passed from hand to hand daily were so recorded ...
Page 119
... continued exactly as predicted by Murphy , culminating in the greatest cold on the 20th , after which there was a break . I may here state that the rest of the year was very in- accurate , though there were certain striking coincidences ...
... continued exactly as predicted by Murphy , culminating in the greatest cold on the 20th , after which there was a break . I may here state that the rest of the year was very in- accurate , though there were certain striking coincidences ...
Page 155
... continued to be paid on that absurdly low valuation , which in the reign of George III . was made permanent . The arrears of land - tax now equitably due will amount to more than the value of all the agricultural land of our country at ...
... continued to be paid on that absurdly low valuation , which in the reign of George III . was made permanent . The arrears of land - tax now equitably due will amount to more than the value of all the agricultural land of our country at ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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