The Life and Letters of George John Romanes ...Longmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 391 pages |
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... weeks and months of arduous heroism she saved my life by constant nursing - upon my word it was unbearable . The blank which her death has created in our small family is very distressing . She always used to be so proud of my work that ...
... weeks and months of arduous heroism she saved my life by constant nursing - upon my word it was unbearable . The blank which her death has created in our small family is very distressing . She always used to be so proud of my work that ...
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... week , except Saturday , to dine and sleep here ? We should be very glad indeed if you can come . If so , I would suggest your leaving Charing Cross by the 4.12 train , and we would send a carriage to Orpington to meet you , and send ...
... week , except Saturday , to dine and sleep here ? We should be very glad indeed if you can come . If so , I would suggest your leaving Charing Cross by the 4.12 train , and we would send a carriage to Orpington to meet you , and send ...
Page 81
... week's deer - stalking in the hills , I have only to - day received your letter together with the book . Thank you very much for both , and also for the hints about Espinas and Bartlett . I am glad you thought well of the letter to the ...
... week's deer - stalking in the hills , I have only to - day received your letter together with the book . Thank you very much for both , and also for the hints about Espinas and Bartlett . I am glad you thought well of the letter to the ...
Page 82
... weeks of his death , and which was destined to end in a chastened , a purified , and a victorious faith . His a religious nature , keenly alive to religious emotion , profoundly influenced by Christian ideals , by Christian modes of ...
... weeks of his death , and which was destined to end in a chastened , a purified , and a victorious faith . His a religious nature , keenly alive to religious emotion , profoundly influenced by Christian ideals , by Christian modes of ...
Page 101
... weeks ago . I then lent it to Sully , who wanted to read it , so do not yet know what it is worth . I , together with my wife - who reads French much more quickly than I can - am now engaged 1881 101 ON MENTAL EVOLUTION.
... weeks ago . I then lent it to Sully , who wanted to read it , so do not yet know what it is worth . I , together with my wife - who reads French much more quickly than I can - am now engaged 1881 101 ON MENTAL EVOLUTION.
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