Peace Campaigns of a Cornet. ...J. & J. Harper, 1829 |
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... patients , by the introduction of the red coats , and felt rather uncomfortable as to the probable result of the experiment , if allowed further VOL . II . - 3 operation . He , therefore , by means of that MARCH TO BIRMINGHAM . 17.
... patients , by the introduction of the red coats , and felt rather uncomfortable as to the probable result of the experiment , if allowed further VOL . II . - 3 operation . He , therefore , by means of that MARCH TO BIRMINGHAM . 17.
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... further execution of " Banna's Banks " until the following evening . Pierce had long ceased his fruit- less efforts to preserve the continuity of the air : and having been hitherto little more than an inefficient ad- dition to the ...
... further execution of " Banna's Banks " until the following evening . Pierce had long ceased his fruit- less efforts to preserve the continuity of the air : and having been hitherto little more than an inefficient ad- dition to the ...
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... further in- creased by a letter which was handed him just after he had mounted . Under the circumstances which he received it , military discipline ought to have directed him to defer the perusal until after the field - day ; but seeing ...
... further in- creased by a letter which was handed him just after he had mounted . Under the circumstances which he received it , military discipline ought to have directed him to defer the perusal until after the field - day ; but seeing ...
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... further abstraction of mind during the rest of the march to Mosely Heath . Here , however , poor Pierce suffered a relapse , and in the very first manœuvre , that of " marching past by half squadrons , " was called to order by the ...
... further abstraction of mind during the rest of the march to Mosely Heath . Here , however , poor Pierce suffered a relapse , and in the very first manœuvre , that of " marching past by half squadrons , " was called to order by the ...
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... further ebullition of the major's wrath , and from a greater hope of success through that channel , founded upon a sort of nondescript tenderness which Mrs. Costiff had , from an early period , exhibited towards him . Taking advantage ...
... further ebullition of the major's wrath , and from a greater hope of success through that channel , founded upon a sort of nondescript tenderness which Mrs. Costiff had , from an early period , exhibited towards him . Taking advantage ...
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