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... interest to preserve intact the hurried character of the letter . Other small words , such as of , to , & c . , have been inserted usually within brackets . I have not followed the originals as regards the spelling of names , the use of ...
... interest to preserve intact the hurried character of the letter . Other small words , such as of , to , & c . , have been inserted usually within brackets . I have not followed the originals as regards the spelling of names , the use of ...
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... interest to the antiquarian or historian . A portrait of Captain Lassells in armour , although used at one time as an archery - target by some small boys of our name , was not irretrievably ruined . What follows is quoted from Charles ...
... interest to the antiquarian or historian . A portrait of Captain Lassells in armour , although used at one time as an archery - target by some small boys of our name , was not irretrievably ruined . What follows is quoted from Charles ...
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... . 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- son of the first marquis ) felt so much interest 14 THE DARWIN FAMILY .
... . 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- son of the first marquis ) felt so much interest 14 THE DARWIN FAMILY .
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... interest about me , whom he had never seen , and my family . When forty new members ( the forty thieves as they were then called ) were added to the Athenĉum Club , there was much canvassing to be one of them ; and without my having ...
... interest about me , whom he had never seen , and my family . When forty new members ( the forty thieves as they were then called ) were added to the Athenĉum Club , there was much canvassing to be one of them ; and without my having ...
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... interest excited by that tribute , and may receive with a certain attention the record of a unique and indelible impression , even though it be made only on the hearts of those who cannot bequeath it , and with whom , there- fore , it ...
... interest excited by that tribute , and may receive with a certain attention the record of a unique and indelible impression , even though it be made only on the hearts of those who cannot bequeath it , and with whom , there- fore , it ...
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