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Page 27
We also visited the ruined castle , ascended the winding stair , and walked round
the top wall , and everything seemed to me exactly as I knew it of old , and neither
smaller nor larger than my memory had so long pictured it . The view of the ...
We also visited the ruined castle , ascended the winding stair , and walked round
the top wall , and everything seemed to me exactly as I knew it of old , and neither
smaller nor larger than my memory had so long pictured it . The view of the ...
Page 30
I remember sitting with my mother and sisters on a seat at one side of the boat ,
which seemed to me about as wide as a small room , of its leaning over so that
we were close to the water , and especially of the great boom of the mainsail ,
when ...
I remember sitting with my mother and sisters on a seat at one side of the boat ,
which seemed to me about as wide as a small room , of its leaning over so that
we were close to the water , and especially of the great boom of the mainsail ,
when ...
Page 43
... All Saints ' Church , adjoining the Grammar School . I used to wonder at what
seemed to me a curious and rather dangerous plan of groups of four very slender
pillars instead of one large one to support the arches on each side of the nave .
... All Saints ' Church , adjoining the Grammar School . I used to wonder at what
seemed to me a curious and rather dangerous plan of groups of four very slender
pillars instead of one large one to support the arches on each side of the nave .
Page 45
It seemed to answer very well , and it was thought that it might be used for
practice where good bowlers were not available , but it never came into general
use , and is now , perhaps , wholly forgotten . CHAPTER IV HERTFORD : MY
SCHOOL ...
It seemed to answer very well , and it was thought that it might be used for
practice where good bowlers were not available , but it never came into general
use , and is now , perhaps , wholly forgotten . CHAPTER IV HERTFORD : MY
SCHOOL ...
Page 49
... any kind of candlestick he liked . An empty ink - bottle was often used , or the
candle was even stuck on to the desk with a little of its own grease . So that it
enabled us to learn our lessons or do our sums , no one seemed to trouble about
how ...
... any kind of candlestick he liked . An empty ink - bottle was often used , or the
candle was even stuck on to the desk with a little of its own grease . So that it
enabled us to learn our lessons or do our sums , no one seemed to trouble about
how ...
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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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