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The old town of Hertford , in which I passed the most impressionable years of my
life , and where I first obtained a rudimentary acquaintance with my fellow -
creatures and with nature , is , perhaps , on the whole , one of the most pleasantly
...
The old town of Hertford , in which I passed the most impressionable years of my
life , and where I first obtained a rudimentary acquaintance with my fellow -
creatures and with nature , is , perhaps , on the whole , one of the most pleasantly
...
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... obtained a better idea of what Virgil really was from his readings than from the
fragmentary translations we scrambled through IV ] HERTFORD : MY SCHOOL
LIFE 51.
... obtained a better idea of what Virgil really was from his readings than from the
fragmentary translations we scrambled through IV ] HERTFORD : MY SCHOOL
LIFE 51.
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so beautifully that he often sold them for a shilling or more , and thus obtained
funds for the purchase of tools or materials . For the stocks he would beg odd bits
of mahogany or walnut or oak from a cabinet - maker ' s shop , and carve them
out ...
so beautifully that he often sold them for a shilling or more , and thus obtained
funds for the purchase of tools or materials . For the stocks he would beg odd bits
of mahogany or walnut or oak from a cabinet - maker ' s shop , and carve them
out ...
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As the few months I spent here at the most impressionable age had some
influence in moulding my character , and also furnished me with information
which I could have obtained in no other way , I devote the present chapter to
giving a short ...
As the few months I spent here at the most impressionable age had some
influence in moulding my character , and also furnished me with information
which I could have obtained in no other way , I devote the present chapter to
giving a short ...
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What a conclusion for a statistician , from a very limited comparison of wages
obtained almost wholly from the masters , and from " one or two scattered notices
, " as regards hours of work ! But it is when he deals with the real value or ...
What a conclusion for a statistician , from a very limited comparison of wages
obtained almost wholly from the masters , and from " one or two scattered notices
, " as regards hours of work ! But it is when he deals with the real value or ...
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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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