My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideChapman & Hall, Ld., 1905 |
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... father , however , my mother's grandfather , who died in 1797 , aged 80 , was for many years an alderman , and twice Mayor of Hertford ( in 1773 and 1779 ) , as stated in the records of the borough . He was buried in St. Andrew's ...
... father , however , my mother's grandfather , who died in 1797 , aged 80 , was for many years an alderman , and twice Mayor of Hertford ( in 1773 and 1779 ) , as stated in the records of the borough . He was buried in St. Andrew's ...
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... father's early life , and the various family troubles which , though apparently very disadvantageous to his children , may yet have been on the whole , as is so often the case , benefits in disguise . My father , Thomas Vere Wallace ...
... father's early life , and the various family troubles which , though apparently very disadvantageous to his children , may yet have been on the whole , as is so often the case , benefits in disguise . My father , Thomas Vere Wallace ...
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A Record of Events and Opinions Alfred Russel Wallace. father's - and in 1792 , when he had just come of age , he was duly sworn in as an Attorney - at - Law of the Court of King's Bench . He is described in the deed of admittance as of ...
A Record of Events and Opinions Alfred Russel Wallace. father's - and in 1792 , when he had just come of age , he was duly sworn in as an Attorney - at - Law of the Court of King's Bench . He is described in the deed of admittance as of ...
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... this solution good enough . The following is in my father's writing , and as it is com- paratively easy , I leave the answer to my young reader's ingenuity : - " A RIDDLE . " O Doctor , Doctor , - 9 MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS.
... this solution good enough . The following is in my father's writing , and as it is com- paratively easy , I leave the answer to my young reader's ingenuity : - " A RIDDLE . " O Doctor , Doctor , - 9 MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS.
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... father's writing is interesting because founded on a custom common in my youth , but which has now wholly passed away . " Kitty , a fair but frozen maid , Kindled a flame I still deplore , The hood - wink'd Boy was called in aid So ...
... father's writing is interesting because founded on a custom common in my youth , but which has now wholly passed away . " Kitty , a fair but frozen maid , Kindled a flame I still deplore , The hood - wink'd Boy was called in aid So ...
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