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These punishments were usually deserved , though not always . A stupid boy , or
one who had a bad verbal memory , was often punished for what was called
invincible idleness when it was really congenital incapacity to learn what he took
no ...
These punishments were usually deserved , though not always . A stupid boy , or
one who had a bad verbal memory , was often punished for what was called
invincible idleness when it was really congenital incapacity to learn what he took
no ...
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On Sundays we had a cold joint of meat , with hot fruit - pies in the summer and
plum - pudding in the winter , with usually some extra delicacy as custard or a
salad . Every boy had half a pint of fairly good beer to drink , and any one who ...
On Sundays we had a cold joint of meat , with hot fruit - pies in the summer and
plum - pudding in the winter , with usually some extra delicacy as custard or a
salad . Every boy had half a pint of fairly good beer to drink , and any one who ...
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Every wet Saturday afternoon I spent there ; and on Tuesdays and Thursdays ,
which were our four - o'clock days , I usually spent an hour there instead of
stopping to play or going straight home . Some times I helped my father a little in
...
Every wet Saturday afternoon I spent there ; and on Tuesdays and Thursdays ,
which were our four - o'clock days , I usually spent an hour there instead of
stopping to play or going straight home . Some times I helped my father a little in
...
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mentioned , shows that there cannot have been much difference of price to the
retail buyer , who was then usually one or two steps nearer to the actual corn -
grower than he is now . Meat also was cheaper than now . The price of the best
beef ...
mentioned , shows that there cannot have been much difference of price to the
retail buyer , who was then usually one or two steps nearer to the actual corn -
grower than he is now . Meat also was cheaper than now . The price of the best
beef ...
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The extempore prayers , the frequent singing , and the usually more vigorous and
exciting style of preaching was to me far preferable to the monotony of the
Church service ; and it was there only that , at one period of my life , I felt
something of ...
The extempore prayers , the frequent singing , and the usually more vigorous and
exciting style of preaching was to me far preferable to the monotony of the
Church service ; and it was there only that , at one period of my life , I felt
something of ...
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| Title | My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köide Bell's Indian and colonial library My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Author | Alfred Russel Wallace |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | G. Bell & Sons, 1905 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 10 mai 2018 |
| ISBN | 059800596X, 9780598005960 |
| Length | 447 pages |
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