The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1887 - Naturalists |
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... heads ; if they answered that they did not know , he would allow them to try the food , and often with success , as he trusted to their having a kind of instinctive desire ; but if they answered that they had heard that the food in ...
... heads ; if they answered that they did not know , he would allow them to try the food , and often with success , as he trusted to their having a kind of instinctive desire ; but if they answered that they had heard that the food in ...
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... head partner in a bank , committed suicide . My father was sent for as a matter of form , and found him dead . I may mention , by the way , to show how matters were managed in those old days , that because Mr. Ewas a rather great man ...
... head partner in a bank , committed suicide . My father was sent for as a matter of form , and found him dead . I may mention , by the way , to show how matters were managed in those old days , that because Mr. Ewas a rather great man ...
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... head properly . " I gladly accepted the generous offer , and went in and asked for some cakes , moved the old hat and was walking out of the shop , when the shopman made a rush at me , so I dropped the cakes and ran for dear life , and ...
... head properly . " I gladly accepted the generous offer , and went in and asked for some cakes , moved the old hat and was walking out of the shop , when the shopman made a rush at me , so I dropped the cakes and ran for dear life , and ...
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... head - master , Dr. Butler , for thus wasting my time on such useless subjects ; and he called me very unjustly a poco curante , " and as I did not understand what he meant , it seemed to me a fearful reproach . 66 As I was doing no ...
... head - master , Dr. Butler , for thus wasting my time on such useless subjects ; and he called me very unjustly a poco curante , " and as I did not understand what he meant , it seemed to me a fearful reproach . 66 As I was doing no ...
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... head had been the subject of a public discus- * Justum et tenacem propositi virum Non civium ardor prava jubentium , Non vultus instantis tyranni Mente quatit solidâ . sion , and one of the speakers declared that I CAMBRIDGE . 39.
... head had been the subject of a public discus- * Justum et tenacem propositi virum Non civium ardor prava jubentium , Non vultus instantis tyranni Mente quatit solidâ . sion , and one of the speakers declared that I CAMBRIDGE . 39.
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