| 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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