My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideG. Bell & Sons, 1905 - 447 pages |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 59
Page 9
... probably my grandfather's , is the following charade , the answer to which is not given , but it is worth preserving for its style : - " My first's the proud but hapless Child of danger , Parent of highest honours and of woe ; Too long ...
... probably my grandfather's , is the following charade , the answer to which is not given , but it is worth preserving for its style : - " My first's the proud but hapless Child of danger , Parent of highest honours and of woe ; Too long ...
Page 10
... probably having a distaste for it , he apparently thought it quite hope- less to begin to practise as a solicitor , and being entirely devoid of business habits , allowed himself to be persuaded into undertaking one of the most risky of ...
... probably having a distaste for it , he apparently thought it quite hope- less to begin to practise as a solicitor , and being entirely devoid of business habits , allowed himself to be persuaded into undertaking one of the most risky of ...
Page 12
... probably from having introduc- tions to some residents there , fixed upon Usk , in Monmouth- shire , where a sufficiently roomy cottage with a large garden was obtained , and where I was born on January 8 , 1823. In such a remote ...
... probably from having introduc- tions to some residents there , fixed upon Usk , in Monmouth- shire , where a sufficiently roomy cottage with a large garden was obtained , and where I was born on January 8 , 1823. In such a remote ...
Page 14
... probably during the time we resided at Usk . He then spent a year or two in the office of an architect at Hertford , and finally a year in London with a large builder named Martin then engaged in the erection of King's College , in ...
... probably during the time we resided at Usk . He then spent a year or two in the office of an architect at Hertford , and finally a year in London with a large builder named Martin then engaged in the erection of King's College , in ...
Page 15
... probably more fitted for a literary career than for any mechanical or professional occupation . It will thus be seen that we were all of us very much thrown on our own resources to make our way in life ; and as we all , I think ...
... probably more fitted for a literary career than for any mechanical or professional occupation . It will thus be seen that we were all of us very much thrown on our own resources to make our way in life ; and as we all , I think ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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