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Page 169
now making for home rule , along with the other great subdivisions of the British
Islands , is thoroughly justified . Our two other indigenous Celtic languages ,
Gaelic and Irish , or Erse , appear to have a far less vigorous literary existence .
now making for home rule , along with the other great subdivisions of the British
Islands , is thoroughly justified . Our two other indigenous Celtic languages ,
Gaelic and Irish , or Erse , appear to have a far less vigorous literary existence .
Page 195
... of nature , almost equal to those raptures which I afterwards felt at every
capture of new butterflies on the Amazon , or at the constant stream of new
species of birds , beetles , and butterflies in Borneo , the Moluccas , and the Aru
Islands .
... of nature , almost equal to those raptures which I afterwards felt at every
capture of new butterflies on the Amazon , or at the constant stream of new
species of birds , beetles , and butterflies in Borneo , the Moluccas , and the Aru
Islands .
Page 222
I will now conclude this brief account of the inhabitants of so interesting a part of
our island , a part which will well repay the trouble of a visit , as much for its lovely
vales , noble mountains , and foaming cascades , as for the old customs and still
...
I will now conclude this brief account of the inhabitants of so interesting a part of
our island , a part which will well repay the trouble of a visit , as much for its lovely
vales , noble mountains , and foaming cascades , as for the old customs and still
...
Page 246
In 1895 I received a letter from Cardiff , from one of the workmen who attended
the Neath Mechanics ' Institution , asking if the author of “ Island Life , " the “
Malay Archipelago , " and other books is the same Mr . Alfred Wallace who taught
in the ...
In 1895 I received a letter from Cardiff , from one of the workmen who attended
the Neath Mechanics ' Institution , asking if the author of “ Island Life , " the “
Malay Archipelago , " and other books is the same Mr . Alfred Wallace who taught
in the ...
Page 271
The great island of Marajó , opposite Para , is equally flat , and the smaller island
of Mexiana ( pronounced Mishiána ) , which is about forty miles long , is even
more so , there not being , I believe , a rise or fall of ten feet over the whole of it .
The great island of Marajó , opposite Para , is equally flat , and the smaller island
of Mexiana ( pronounced Mishiána ) , which is about forty miles long , is even
more so , there not being , I believe , a rise or fall of ten feet over the whole of it .
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| Title | My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köide My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Author | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Publisher | Dodd, Mead, 1905 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 juuli 2007 |
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