The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1887 |
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... took his M. D. * at that University on Feb. 26 , 1785. “ His father " ( Erasmus ) " brought him to Shrewsbury before he was twenty - one years old ( 1787 ) , and left him £ 20 , saying , ' Let me know when you want more , and I will ...
... took his M. D. * at that University on Feb. 26 , 1785. “ His father " ( Erasmus ) " brought him to Shrewsbury before he was twenty - one years old ( 1787 ) , and left him £ 20 , saying , ' Let me know when you want more , and I will ...
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... took a great pleasure in his garden , planting it with ornamental trees and shrubs , and being especially suc- cessful in fruit - trees ; and this love of plants was , I think , the only taste kindred to natural history which he ...
... took a great pleasure in his garden , planting it with ornamental trees and shrubs , and being especially suc- cessful in fruit - trees ; and this love of plants was , I think , the only taste kindred to natural history which he ...
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... 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 luncheon except cheese , which he could ...
... 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 luncheon except cheese , which he could ...
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... took a different view and maintained that the * This belief still survives , and was mentioned to my brother in 1884 by an old inhabitant of Shrewsbury . - F . D. that the illness was of such a nature that it 16 THE DARWIN FAMILY .
... took a different view and maintained that the * This belief still survives , and was mentioned to my brother in 1884 by an old inhabitant of Shrewsbury . - F . D. that the illness was of such a nature that it 16 THE DARWIN FAMILY .
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... took the degree of Bachelor of Medicine at Cambridge . He never made any pretence of practising as a doctor , and , after leaving Cambridge , lived a quiet life in London . There was something pathetic in Charles Darwin's affec- tion ...
... took the degree of Bachelor of Medicine at Cambridge . He never made any pretence of practising as a doctor , and , after leaving Cambridge , lived a quiet life in London . There was something pathetic in Charles Darwin's affec- tion ...
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