The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1901 - Naturalists |
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... Walk . " At one point in this walk grows a Spanish chestnut , the branches of which bend back parallel to them- selves in a curious manner , and this was Charles Darwin's favourite tree as a boy , where he and his sister Catherine had ...
... Walk . " At one point in this walk grows a Spanish chestnut , the branches of which bend back parallel to them- selves in a curious manner , and this was Charles Darwin's favourite tree as a boy , where he and his sister Catherine had ...
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... walk into the country with a friend who took him to the house of a clergyman ( we will say the Rev. Mr. A , for I have forgotten his name ) , who had married an Englishwoman . My father was very hungry , and there was little for ...
... walk into the country with a friend who took him to the house of a clergyman ( we will say the Rev. Mr. A , for I have forgotten his name ) , who had married an Englishwoman . My father was very hungry , and there was little for ...
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... walk , why he did not drive out for exercise ; and he answered , ' Every road out of Shrewsbury is associated in my mind with some painful event . ' Yet he was generally in high spirits . He was easily made very angry , but his kindness ...
... walk , why he did not drive out for exercise ; and he answered , ' Every road out of Shrewsbury is associated in my mind with some painful event . ' Yet he was generally in high spirits . He was easily made very angry , but his kindness ...
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... 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 was astonished by being greeted with shouts of laughter by my false friend BOYHOOD . 27.
... 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 was astonished by being greeted with shouts of laughter by my false friend BOYHOOD . 27.
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... walks ; but what I thought about I know not . I often became quite absorbed , and once , whilst returning to school on the summit of the old fortifications round Shrewsbury , which had been converted into a public foot - path with no ...
... walks ; but what I thought about I know not . I often became quite absorbed , and once , whilst returning to school on the summit of the old fortifications round Shrewsbury , which had been converted into a public foot - path with no ...
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