The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1901 - Naturalists |
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... troubles , and he heard nothing more about the body . . . . Owing to my father's skill in winning confidence he received many strange confessions of misery and guilt . He often remarked how many miserable wives he had known . In several ...
... troubles , and he heard nothing more about the body . . . . Owing to my father's skill in winning confidence he received many strange confessions of misery and guilt . He often remarked how many miserable wives he had known . In several ...
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... troubles , and thus caused much loss of his precious time . He 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 ...
... troubles , and thus caused much loss of his precious time . He 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 ...
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... trouble myself about Paley's premises ; and taking these on trust , I was charmed and convinced by the long line of argumentation . By an- swering well the examination questions in Paley , by doing Euclid well , and by not failing ...
... trouble myself about Paley's premises ; and taking these on trust , I was charmed and convinced by the long line of argumentation . By an- swering well the examination questions in Paley , by doing Euclid well , and by not failing ...
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... trouble to assist those whom he thought deserved assistance . He was a handsome man , strikingly like a gentle- man , with highly courteous manners , which resembled those of his maternal uncle , the famous Lord Castlereagh , as I was ...
... trouble to assist those whom he thought deserved assistance . He was a handsome man , strikingly like a gentle- man , with highly courteous manners , which resembled those of his maternal uncle , the famous Lord Castlereagh , as I was ...
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... trouble , and whatever Macaulay said was final . On another occasion I met at Lord Stanhope's house , one of his parties of historians and other literary men , and amongst them were Motley and Grote . After luncheon I 62 AUTOBIOGRAPHY .
... trouble , and whatever Macaulay said was final . On another occasion I met at Lord Stanhope's house , one of his parties of historians and other literary men , and amongst them were Motley and Grote . After luncheon I 62 AUTOBIOGRAPHY .
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