 | Charles Darwin - 1887 - 420 pages
...his letters — rejoicing if the post was a light one and beingsometimes much worried if it was not. He would then hear any family letters read aloud as...work over, and would often say, in a satisfied voice, " I've done a good day's work." He then went out of doors whether it was wet or fine ; Polly, his white... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1887 - 588 pages
...his letters — rejoicing if the post was a light one and being sometimes much worried if it was not. He would then hear any family letters read aloud as...work over, and would often say, in a satisfied voice, "I've done a good day's work." He then went out of doors whether it was wet or fine ; Polly, his white... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1887 - 570 pages
...his letters—rejoicing if the post vvas a light one and being sometimes much worried if it was not. He would then hear any family letters read aloud as...work over, and would often say, in a satisfied voice, "I've done a good day's work." He then went out of doors whether it was wet or fine ; Polly, his white... | |
 | William Parker Cutler - 1888 - 1034 pages
...his letters — rejoicing if the post was a light one and being sometimes much worried if it was not. He would then hear any family letters read aloud as...work over, and would often say, in a satisfied voice, " I've done a good day's work." He then went out of doors whether it was wet or fine ; Polly, his white... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1892 - 372 pages
...his letters — rejoicing if the post was a light one and being sometimes much worried if it was not. He would then hear any family letters read aloud as...work over, and would often say, in a satisfied voice, " I've done a good day's work." He then went out of doors whether it was wet or fine ; Polly, his white... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1896 - 580 pages
...letters — rejoicing if the post >vas a light one and being sometimes much worried if it was not. He would then hear any family letters read aloud as...work over, and would often say, in a satisfied voice, "I've done a good day's work." He then went out of doors whether it was wet or fine ; Polly, his white... | |
 | Herman Partsch - 1896 - 350 pages
...also included part of a novel, lasted till about 1o : 3o, when he went back to work till 12 or 12: 15. By this time he considered his day's work over, and would often say, in a satisfied voice, 'I've done a good day's work.' He then went out-of-doors whether it was wet or fine" (91). 27. "My... | |
 | 1901 - 884 pages
...his letters — rejoicing if the post was a light one and being sometimes much worried if it was not. He would then hear any family letters read aloud as...aloud, which also included part of a novel, lasted until half past ten, when he went back to work until twelve or a quarter past. By this time he considered... | |
 | 1893 - 776 pages
...one and being sometimes much worried if it was not. He would then hear any family letters read aloud. The reading aloud, which also included part of a novel, lasted till about half past ten, when he went back to work till 12 or a quarter past. By this time he considered his... | |
 | Angelo Mosso - 1904 - 366 pages
...J hours between 8 and 9.30 one of his best working times. At 9.30 he came into the drawing-room for his letters. . . . He would then hear any family letters...work over, and would often say, in a satisfied voice, ' I've done a good day's work.' He then went out of doors whether it was wet or fine." His son records... | |
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At 9^30 he came into the drawing-room for his letters — rejoicing if the post was a light one and being sometimes much worried if it was not. He would then hear any family letters read aloud as he lay on the sofa. The reading aloud, which also included... 
