My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 16
... father's appearance and character . In a miniature of himself , painted just before his marriage , when he was thirty - five years old , he is repre- sented in a blue coat with gilt buttons , a white waistcoat , a thick white neck ...
... father's appearance and character . In a miniature of himself , painted just before his marriage , when he was thirty - five years old , he is repre- sented in a blue coat with gilt buttons , a white waistcoat , a thick white neck ...
Page 16
A Record of Events and Opinions Alfred Russel Wallace. [ To face p . 16 , VOL . I. was fairly active and fond of gardening and other country. MY FATHER . AGE 35 . ( From a miniature . )
A Record of Events and Opinions Alfred Russel Wallace. [ To face p . 16 , VOL . I. was fairly active and fond of gardening and other country. MY FATHER . AGE 35 . ( From a miniature . )
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... father would read to us in the evening , and when Bowdler's edition of Shakespeare came out he obtained it , and often read a play to the assembled family . In this way I made my first acquaintance with Lear and Cordelia , with Malvolio ...
... father would read to us in the evening , and when Bowdler's edition of Shakespeare came out he obtained it , and often read a play to the assembled family . In this way I made my first acquaintance with Lear and Cordelia , with Malvolio ...
Page 25
... father or mother , brothers or sisters . I simply recollect that they existed , but my recollection is only a blurred image , and does not extend to any peculiarities of feature , form , or even of dress or habits . It is only at a ...
... father or mother , brothers or sisters . I simply recollect that they existed , but my recollection is only a blurred image , and does not extend to any peculiarities of feature , form , or even of dress or habits . It is only at a ...
Page 28
... father was very fond of Cowper's poems , and often used to read them aloud to us children . Two of these especially im- pressed themselves on my memory . That about the three kittens and the viper , ending with the lines- " With ...
... father was very fond of Cowper's poems , and often used to read them aloud to us children . Two of these especially im- pressed themselves on my memory . That about the three kittens and the viper , ending with the lines- " With ...
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