The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1901 - Naturalists |
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... written when he was tired or hurried , and they bear the marks of this cir- cumstance . In writing to a friend , or to one of his family , he frequently omitted the articles : these have been inserted without the usual indications ...
... written when he was tired or hurried , and they bear the marks of this cir- cumstance . In writing to a friend , or to one of his family , he frequently omitted the articles : these have been inserted without the usual indications ...
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... written by Robert , and handed down in the family , he was a strong advocate of temperance , which his son ever afterwards so strongly advocated : - From a morning that doth shine , From a boy that drinketh wine , From a wife that ...
... written by Robert , and handed down in the family , he was a strong advocate of temperance , which his son ever afterwards so strongly advocated : - From a morning that doth shine , From a boy that drinketh wine , From a wife that ...
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... written , and my father [ Dr. R. W. Darwin ] declared that he believed it was published because his old uncle could not endure that such fine caligraphy should be wasted . But this was hardly just , as the work contains many curious ...
... written , and my father [ Dr. R. W. Darwin ] declared that he believed it was published because his old uncle could not endure that such fine caligraphy should be wasted . But this was hardly just , as the work contains many curious ...
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... written about 1877 or 1878 . " I may here add a few pages about my father , who was in many ways a remarkable man . 66 He was about 6 feet 2 inches in height , with broad shoulders , and very corpulent , so that he was the largest man ...
... written about 1877 or 1878 . " I may here add a few pages about my father , who was in many ways a remarkable man . 66 He was about 6 feet 2 inches in height , with broad shoulders , and very corpulent , so that he was the largest man ...
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... written by Charles Darwin at about the same time that the sketch of his father was added to the ' Recollections ' : - * Of these Mrs. Wedgwood is now the sole survivor , " My brother Erasmus possessed a remarkably clear mind with 20 THE ...
... written by Charles Darwin at about the same time that the sketch of his father was added to the ' Recollections ' : - * Of these Mrs. Wedgwood is now the sole survivor , " My brother Erasmus possessed a remarkably clear mind with 20 THE ...
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