The Life and Times of Seargent Smith PrentissJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1884 - 442 páginas |
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... body had mouldered into dust , the halo of his associa- tion threw a protecting ægis over it and saved it from desecra- tion . In this humble log cabin he began the treadmill life of tutor . Availing himself of the privilege of taking ...
... body had mouldered into dust , the halo of his associa- tion threw a protecting ægis over it and saved it from desecra- tion . In this humble log cabin he began the treadmill life of tutor . Availing himself of the privilege of taking ...
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... idea that he too would , in the future , become a lawyer , and began to study it , but the fatigues of the body and the racking cares of the plantation were a sad hindrance to his intellectual progress SEARGENT SMITH PRENTISS 19.
... idea that he too would , in the future , become a lawyer , and began to study it , but the fatigues of the body and the racking cares of the plantation were a sad hindrance to his intellectual progress SEARGENT SMITH PRENTISS 19.
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... body drop arm's length , and repeating again and again . I have seen him do this twenty- four or five times , and he always " beat the beater . ” If any young reader ( the old ones I know cannot ) thinks this a little . job just let him ...
... body drop arm's length , and repeating again and again . I have seen him do this twenty- four or five times , and he always " beat the beater . ” If any young reader ( the old ones I know cannot ) thinks this a little . job just let him ...
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... body of the dead man was found the wadding of the gun ; this wadding was a piece of newspaper , which , upon being smoothed out , to a jot fitted into a torn place in a newspaper found in Phelps's pocket . While Prentiss , with masterly ...
... body of the dead man was found the wadding of the gun ; this wadding was a piece of newspaper , which , upon being smoothed out , to a jot fitted into a torn place in a newspaper found in Phelps's pocket . While Prentiss , with masterly ...
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... body found , bearing evident marks of having been murdered . Suspicion fell upon his slaves , and one of them , named Daniel , was tried and convicted . Byrd was a free person of color , and suspicion falling upon him , he was searched ...
... body found , bearing evident marks of having been murdered . Suspicion fell upon his slaves , and one of them , named Daniel , was tried and convicted . Byrd was a free person of color , and suspicion falling upon him , he was searched ...
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