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Page 9
You grasp at gain and shun expense : your door , Inhospitable Pope , stands
ever shut . Naught to the poor you give : your power is due To wealth not worth :
by intrigue you have risen . " In faded ink and very old handwriting , probably my
...
You grasp at gain and shun expense : your door , Inhospitable Pope , stands
ever shut . Naught to the poor you give : your power is due To wealth not worth :
by intrigue you have risen . " In faded ink and very old handwriting , probably my
...
Page 10
Having neglected the law so long , and probably having a distaste for it , he
apparently thought it quite hopeless to begin to practise as a solicitor , and being
entirely devoid of business habits , allowed himself to be persuaded into
undertaking ...
Having neglected the law so long , and probably having a distaste for it , he
apparently thought it quite hopeless to begin to practise as a solicitor , and being
entirely devoid of business habits , allowed himself to be persuaded into
undertaking ...
Page 12
Shortly afterwards his affairs must have been getting worse , and he determined
to move with his family of six children to some place where living was as cheap
as possible ; and , probably from having introductions to some residents there ...
Shortly afterwards his affairs must have been getting worse , and he determined
to move with his family of six children to some place where living was as cheap
as possible ; and , probably from having introductions to some residents there ...
Page 14
The oldest son , William , was first articled to a firm of surveyors at Kington ,
Herefordshire , 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
...
The oldest son , William , was first articled to a firm of surveyors at Kington ,
Herefordshire , 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
...
Page 15
... he returned to Para on his way home , where he caught yellow fever , and died
in a few days at the early age of twenty - two . He was the only member of our
family who had a considerable gift of poesy , and was probably more fitted for a ...
... he returned to Para on his way home , where he caught yellow fever , and died
in a few days at the early age of twenty - two . He was the only member of our
family who had a considerable gift of poesy , and was probably more fitted for a ...
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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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