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... might have a brilliant success , manner . but I did not intend to scribble so much about it . Give my kindest remembrance to Mrs. Huxley , and tell " her I was looking at Enoch Arden , ' B 2 1863. ] 3 MR . HUXLEY'S LECTURES .
... might have a brilliant success , manner . but I did not intend to scribble so much about it . Give my kindest remembrance to Mrs. Huxley , and tell " her I was looking at Enoch Arden , ' B 2 1863. ] 3 MR . HUXLEY'S LECTURES .
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... tell her that is a pitch of heroism to which only a woman is equal . To give up the " Bloody Old Times , " as Cobbett used to call it , would be to give up meat , drink and air . Farewell , my dear Gray , Yours most truly , C. Darwin to ...
... tell her that is a pitch of heroism to which only a woman is equal . To give up the " Bloody Old Times , " as Cobbett used to call it , would be to give up meat , drink and air . Farewell , my dear Gray , Yours most truly , C. Darwin to ...
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... tell why it is , but your address has pleased me as much as Lyell's book disappointed me , that is , the part on species , though so cleverly written . I agree with all your remarks on the reviewers . By the way , Lecoq * is a believer ...
... tell why it is , but your address has pleased me as much as Lyell's book disappointed me , that is , the part on species , though so cleverly written . I agree with all your remarks on the reviewers . By the way , Lecoq * is a believer ...
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... tell you . It seems to me extremely clever , like everything I have read of his ; but I am not shaken - perhaps you will say that neither gods nor men could shake me . I demur to the Duke reiterating his objection that the brilliant ...
... tell you . It seems to me extremely clever , like everything I have read of his ; but I am not shaken - perhaps you will say that neither gods nor men could shake me . I demur to the Duke reiterating his objection that the brilliant ...
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... telling you how excellently well , in my opinion , you have done the very interesting chapter on savage life . Though you have necessarily only compiled the materials the general result is most original . But I ought to keep the term ...
... telling you how excellently well , in my opinion , you have done the very interesting chapter on savage life . Though you have necessarily only compiled the materials the general result is most original . But I ought to keep the term ...
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