The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1887 |
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... asked him whether Miss - , a grand old lady in Shropshire , had called on him , so that at last he enquired why they asked him ; and he was told that Miss whom my father had somehow mortally offended , was telling everybody that she ...
... asked him whether Miss - , a grand old lady in Shropshire , had called on him , so that at last he enquired why they asked him ; and he was told that Miss whom my father had somehow mortally offended , was telling everybody that she ...
Page 27
... asked him why he did not pay for them , and he instant- ly answered , " Why , do you not know that my uncle left a great sum of money to the town on condition that every tradesman should give whatever was wanted without pay- ment to any ...
... asked him why he did not pay for them , and he instant- ly answered , " Why , do you not know that my uncle left a great sum of money to the town on condition that every tradesman should give whatever was wanted without pay- ment to any ...
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... asked for some time to consider , as from what little I had heard or thought on the subject I had scruples about declaring my belief in all the dogmas of the Church of England ; though otherwise I liked the thought of being a country ...
... asked for some time to consider , as from what little I had heard or thought on the subject I had scruples about declaring my belief in all the dogmas of the Church of England ; though otherwise I liked the thought of being a country ...
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... evening I was very often asked to join his family dinner . His knowledge was great in botany , ento- mology , chemistry , mineralogy , and geology . His strongest taste was to draw conclusions from long - continued minute 44 AUTOBIOGRAPHY .
... evening I was very often asked to join his family dinner . His knowledge was great in botany , ento- mology , chemistry , mineralogy , and geology . His strongest taste was to draw conclusions from long - continued minute 44 AUTOBIOGRAPHY .
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... in- tended to visit North Wales in the beginning of August to pursue his famous geological investigations amongst the older rocks , and Henslow asked him to allow me to accom- pany him . Accordingly he came and slept at my GEOLOGY . 47.
... in- tended to visit North Wales in the beginning of August to pursue his famous geological investigations amongst the older rocks , and Henslow asked him to allow me to accom- pany him . Accordingly he came and slept at my GEOLOGY . 47.
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