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... short - comings , rather than to let any of it fall on those who have done their best to lighten it . It will be seen how largely I am indebted to Sir Joseph Hooker for the means of illustrating my father's life . The readers of these ...
... short - comings , rather than to let any of it fall on those who have done their best to lighten it . It will be seen how largely I am indebted to Sir Joseph Hooker for the means of illustrating my father's life . The readers of these ...
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... short time . We had many instances of the power , some of which seemed almost supernatural . It saved my father from ever making ( with one exception , and the character of this man was soon discovered ) an unworthy friend . A strange ...
... short time . We had many instances of the power , some of which seemed almost supernatural . It saved my father from ever making ( with one exception , and the character of this man was soon discovered ) an unworthy friend . A strange ...
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... short time he collected and dried plants , and during a somewhat longer time experi- mented in chemistry . He was extremely agreeable , and his wit often reminded me of that in the letters and works of Charles Lamb . He was very kind ...
... short time he collected and dried plants , and during a somewhat longer time experi- mented in chemistry . He was extremely agreeable , and his wit often reminded me of that in the letters and works of Charles Lamb . He was very kind ...
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... short and dull a sketch of the mind of my grandfather , written by himself , and what he thought and did , and how he worked . I have attempted to write the fol- lowing account of myself , as if I were a dead man in another world ...
... short and dull a sketch of the mind of my grandfather , written by himself , and what he thought and did , and how he worked . I have attempted to write the fol- lowing account of myself , as if I were a dead man in another world ...
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... short , but sudden and wholly unexpected fall , was astonishing , and seem hardly compatible with what physiologists have , I be- lieve , proved about each thought requiring quite an appreci- able amount of time . Nothing could have ...
... short , but sudden and wholly unexpected fall , was astonishing , and seem hardly compatible with what physiologists have , I be- lieve , proved about each thought requiring quite an appreci- able amount of time . Nothing could have ...
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