The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Including an Autobiographical Chapter, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1887 |
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... speaks with much affection of Eras- mus in his letters to Fox , using words such as " my dear good old brother . " In later years Erasmus Darwin came to Down occasionally , or joined his brother's family in a summer holi- day . But ...
... speaks with much affection of Eras- mus in his letters to Fox , using words such as " my dear good old brother . " In later years Erasmus Darwin came to Down occasionally , or joined his brother's family in a summer holi- day . But ...
Page 60
... speak of the ' Principles ' ! I am proud to remember that the first place , namely , St. Jago , in the Cape de Verde archipelago , in which I geologised , convinced me of the infinite superiority of Lyell's views over those advocated in ...
... speak of the ' Principles ' ! I am proud to remember that the first place , namely , St. Jago , in the Cape de Verde archipelago , in which I geologised , convinced me of the infinite superiority of Lyell's views over those advocated in ...
Page 88
... speak with admiration of the skill with which he saw New- port dissect a humble bee , getting out the nervous system with a few cuts of a fine pair of scissors , held , as my father used to show , with the elbow raised , and in an ...
... speak with admiration of the skill with which he saw New- port dissect a humble bee , getting out the nervous system with a few cuts of a fine pair of scissors , held , as my father used to show , with the elbow raised , and in an ...
Page 95
... speak in a half - provoked , half - admiring way of the ingenuity of a Mimosa leaf in screwing itself out of a basin of water in which he had tried to fix it . One might see the same spirit in his way of speaking of Sundew , earth ...
... speak in a half - provoked , half - admiring way of the ingenuity of a Mimosa leaf in screwing itself out of a basin of water in which he had tried to fix it . One might see the same spirit in his way of speaking of Sundew , earth ...
Page 98
... speak for them- selves . The unvarying courtesy of them is very striking . I had a proof of this quality in the feeling with which Mr. Hacon , his solicitor , regarded him . He had never seen my father , yet had a sincere feeling of ...
... speak for them- selves . The unvarying courtesy of them is very striking . I had a proof of this quality in the feeling with which Mr. Hacon , his solicitor , regarded him . He had never seen my father , yet had a sincere feeling of ...
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