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... and perhaps even from the Neolithic Age , should continue to be used on
several of the Welsh rivers down to the present day . There is probably no other
type of vessel now in existence which has remained unchanged for so long a
period .
... and perhaps even from the Neolithic Age , should continue to be used on
several of the Welsh rivers down to the present day . There is probably no other
type of vessel now in existence which has remained unchanged for so long a
period .
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was perhaps the favourite , and whenever I heard it or read it in after years , the
picture always in my mind was of the doorstep of the Usk cottage with the kittens
and the viper in the attitudes so picturesquely described . The other one was the
...
was perhaps the favourite , and whenever I heard it or read it in after years , the
picture always in my mind was of the doorstep of the Usk cottage with the kittens
and the viper in the attitudes so picturesquely described . The other one was the
...
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I , of course , had only milk and water , with perhaps a few drops of coffee as a
special luxury . Of the next few months of my life I have also but slight
recollections , confined to a few isolated facts or incidents . On leaving the inn we
went to my ...
I , of course , had only milk and water , with perhaps a few drops of coffee as a
special luxury . Of the next few months of my life I have also but slight
recollections , confined to a few isolated facts or incidents . On leaving the inn we
went to my ...
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... Andrew ' s Street , and I must have been a little more than six years old when I
first remember myself in this house , which had a very narrow yard at the back ,
and a dwarf wall , perhaps five feet high , between us and the adjoining house .
... Andrew ' s Street , and I must have been a little more than six years old when I
first remember myself in this house , which had a very narrow yard at the back ,
and a dwarf wall , perhaps five feet high , between us and the adjoining house .
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The old town of Hertford , in which I passed the most impressionable years of my
life , and where I first obtained a rudimentary acquaintance with my fellow -
creatures and with nature , is , perhaps , on the whole , one of the most pleasantly
...
The old town of Hertford , in which I passed the most impressionable years of my
life , and where I first obtained a rudimentary acquaintance with my fellow -
creatures and with nature , is , perhaps , on the whole , one of the most pleasantly
...
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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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