My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
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Page 195
... native species , and which , I believe , had its share in producing that longing for the tropics which a few years later was satisfied in the equatorial forests of the Amazon . But I soon found that by merely identifying the plants I ...
... native species , and which , I believe , had its share in producing that longing for the tropics which a few years later was satisfied in the equatorial forests of the Amazon . But I soon found that by merely identifying the plants I ...
Page 199
... native flowers . I was led to write it , partly on account of the difficulties I myself had felt in obtaining the kind of information I required , but chiefly on account of a lecture I had attended at Neath by a local botanist of some ...
... native flowers . I was led to write it , partly on account of the difficulties I myself had felt in obtaining the kind of information I required , but chiefly on account of a lecture I had attended at Neath by a local botanist of some ...
Page 219
... native through life , viz . Description ( without seeing the person ) , temper , disposition , fortunate or unfortunate in their general pursuits , Honour , Riches , Journeys and Voyages , success therein , and what places best to ...
... native through life , viz . Description ( without seeing the person ) , temper , disposition , fortunate or unfortunate in their general pursuits , Honour , Riches , Journeys and Voyages , success therein , and what places best to ...
Page 221
... native tongue , but as a foreigner . Their preachers , while they should teach their congregation moral duties , boldly decry their vices , and inculcate the commandments and the duty of doing to others as we would they should do unto ...
... native tongue , but as a foreigner . Their preachers , while they should teach their congregation moral duties , boldly decry their vices , and inculcate the commandments and the duty of doing to others as we would they should do unto ...
Page 245
... native stone was cheap in the country , but still , what she wanted was impossible , and at last she agreed to go to £ 250 , and with some difficulty we managed to get one built for her for this amount . We also sent in a design for a ...
... native stone was cheap in the country , but still , what she wanted was impossible , and at last she agreed to go to £ 250 , and with some difficulty we managed to get one built for her for this amount . We also sent in a design for a ...
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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