The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1901 - Naturalists |
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... asked my father to lend him £ 20 , which was immedi- ately done , as my father felt certain that the story was a true one . As soon as a letter could arrive from Ireland , one came with the most profuse thanks , and enclosing , as he ...
... asked my father to lend him £ 20 , which was immedi- ately done , as my father felt certain that the story was a true one . As soon as a letter could arrive from Ireland , one came with the most profuse thanks , and enclosing , as he ...
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... friends . I think that he must have told the story to his children ; for Sir C. Lyell asked me many years ago why the Marquis of Lansdowne ( the son or grand- to son of the first marquis ) felt so much interest 14 THE DARWIN FAMILY .
... friends . I think that he must have told the story to his children ; for Sir C. Lyell asked me many years ago why the Marquis of Lansdowne ( the son or grand- to son of the first marquis ) felt so much interest 14 THE DARWIN FAMILY .
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... asked any one , Lord Lans- downe proposed me and got me elected . If I am right in my supposition , it was a queer concatenation of events that my father not eating cheese half - a - century before in Holland led to my election as a ...
... asked any one , Lord Lans- downe proposed me and got me elected . If I am right in my supposition , it was a queer concatenation of events that my father not eating cheese half - a - century before in Holland led to my election as a ...
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... asked him how he knew this . The man an- swered , ' My cook was your kitchen - maid for two or three years , and she saw the butler every day prepare and take to you the gin and water . ' The explanation was that my father had the odd ...
... asked him how he knew this . The man an- swered , ' My cook was your kitchen - maid for two or three years , and she saw the butler every day prepare and take to you the gin and water . ' The explanation was that my father had the odd ...
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... asked a friend of the widow to find out why he was again consulted . The widow an- swered her friend , that ' she would never again see the odious old doctor who said from the first that her husband would die , while Dr. Darwin always ...
... asked a friend of the widow to find out why he was again consulted . The widow an- swered her friend , that ' she would never again see the odious old doctor who said from the first that her husband would die , while Dr. Darwin always ...
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