Mathematics was hard, dull work. Geography pleased me more. For dancing I was quite enthusiastic. |
One day I caught four Dolphins, how much I have gazed at these beautiful creatures... as they changed their hue in twenty varieties of richest arrangement of tints. |
I feel fully decided that we should all go to Europe together and to work as if an established Partnership for Life consisting of Husband Wife and Children. |
I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens. |
How could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a dozen large books? |
I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no man living knows better than I do the habits of our birds. |
Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased. |