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Page 79
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 ...
Page 93
A few months later he accidentally heard that a wealthy manufacturer , Mr .
Drinkwater , had advertised for a manager for some new spinning - mills which
he had just built and filled with the best machinery under the management of Mr .
VI ...
A few months later he accidentally heard that a wealthy manufacturer , Mr .
Drinkwater , had advertised for a manager for some new spinning - mills which
he had just built and filled with the best machinery under the management of Mr .
VI ...
Page 97
But though Owen shut up the mills he continued to pay every worker full wages
for the whole of the four months during which the scarcity lasted , employing them
in thoroughly cleaning the mills and machinery , repairing the houses , etc .
But though Owen shut up the mills he continued to pay every worker full wages
for the whole of the four months during which the scarcity lasted , employing them
in thoroughly cleaning the mills and machinery , repairing the houses , etc .
Page 120
In 1840 sixteen days of frost were predicted in February ; eleven of these are
noted , and all are on the right days . In March only seven days ' rain were
predicted , and it is noted as a very dry month throughout . April was predicted to
be a mild ...
In 1840 sixteen days of frost were predicted in February ; eleven of these are
noted , and all are on the right days . In March only seven days ' rain were
predicted , and it is noted as a very dry month throughout . April was predicted to
be a mild ...
Page 125
... and one with whom we were especially friendly told us one day about a fine
sheep he had killed the previous year - five years old , I think he said — and that
he had kept one of the legs of mutton six months in his cellar , which was large
and ...
... and one with whom we were especially friendly told us one day about a fine
sheep he had killed the previous year - five years old , I think he said — and that
he had kept one of the legs of mutton six months in his cellar , which was large
and ...
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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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