The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1887 - Naturalists |
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... never eat . The old lady was surprised and grieved at this , and as- sured my father that it was an excellent cheese , and had been sent her from Bowood , the seat of Lord Shelburne . My father wondered why a cheese should be sent her ...
... never eat . The old lady was surprised and grieved at this , and as- sured my father that it was an excellent cheese , and had been sent her from Bowood , the seat of Lord Shelburne . My father wondered why a cheese should be sent her ...
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... never seen , and my family . When forty new members ( the forty thieves as they were then called ) were added to the Athenæum Club , there was much canvassing to be one of them ; and without my having asked any one , Lord Lans- downe ...
... never seen , and my family . When forty new members ( the forty thieves as they were then called ) were added to the Athenæum Club , there was much canvassing to be one of them ; and without my having asked any one , Lord Lans- downe ...
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... never again be consulted by this family ; but after a few months the widow sent for him , having dismissed the old family doctor . My father was so much surprised at this , that he asked a friend of the widow to find out why he was ...
... never again be consulted by this family ; but after a few months the widow sent for him , having dismissed the old family doctor . My father was so much surprised at this , that he asked a friend of the widow to find out why he was ...
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... never allowing any one to see the account of another man , by having shown the ledger with my father's account to several persons , as this proved that my father had not drawn out a penny on that day . It would have been dishonorable in ...
... never allowing any one to see the account of another man , by having shown the ledger with my father's account to several persons , as this proved that my father had not drawn out a penny on that day . It would have been dishonorable in ...
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... never took more than a single egg out of a bird's nest , except on one single occasion , when I took all , not for their value , but from a sort of bravado . I had a strong taste for angling , and would sit for any number of hours on ...
... never took more than a single egg out of a bird's nest , except on one single occasion , when I took all , not for their value , but from a sort of bravado . I had a strong taste for angling , and would sit for any number of hours on ...
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