The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1901 - Naturalists |
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... soon guessed what was really the matter . He then suggested that they had been suffering in their minds , and now they would pour out their troubles , and he heard nothing more about the body . . . . Owing to my father's skill in ...
... soon guessed what was really the matter . He then suggested that they had been suffering in their minds , and now they would pour out their troubles , and he heard nothing more about the body . . . . Owing to my father's skill in ...
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... soon discovered ) an unworthy friend . A strange clergyman came to Shrewsbury , and seemed to be a rich man ; everybody called on him , and he was invited to many houses . My father called , and on his return home told my sisters on no ...
... soon discovered ) an unworthy friend . A strange clergyman came to Shrewsbury , and seemed to be a rich man ; everybody called on him , and he was invited to many houses . My father called , and on his return home told my sisters on no ...
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... soon found that begging them to command and restrain themselves , always made them weep the more , so that afterwards he always encouraged them to go on crying , saying that this would relieve them more than anything else , and with the ...
... soon found that begging them to command and restrain themselves , always made them weep the more , so that afterwards he always encouraged them to go on crying , saying that this would relieve them more than anything else , and with the ...
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... soon as she saw me , was in the most abject state of terror that I ever saw , weeping bitterly and asking me over and over again , ' Is your father coming ? ' but was soon paci- fied . On my return home . I asked my father why she was ...
... soon as she saw me , was in the most abject state of terror that I ever saw , weeping bitterly and asking me over and over again , ' Is your father coming ? ' but was soon paci- fied . On my return home . I asked my father why she was ...
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... soon ( ' had heard of Carlyle in Germany , & c . ' ) and continues ever since to be a quiet house - friend honestly attached ; though his visits latterly have been rarer and rarer , health so poor , I so occupied , & c . , & c . He had ...
... soon ( ' had heard of Carlyle in Germany , & c . ' ) and continues ever since to be a quiet house - friend honestly attached ; though his visits latterly have been rarer and rarer , health so poor , I so occupied , & c . , & c . He had ...
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