The Life and Times of Seargent Smith PrentissJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1884 - 442 páginas |
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... remarked when he took Prentiss into partnership he thought he was getting a boy who would help him now and then in the drudgery of the practice , but that he soon found Prentiss was the leader and he the assistant . It is not often that ...
... remarked when he took Prentiss into partnership he thought he was getting a boy who would help him now and then in the drudgery of the practice , but that he soon found Prentiss was the leader and he the assistant . It is not often that ...
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... remarked , sarcastically , " No man on such a pair of legs as you've got can beat me at billiards . " Without a moment's hesitation Prentiss retorted , as he limped around the table , " It is a marve ! to me , sir , why God Almighty ...
... remarked , sarcastically , " No man on such a pair of legs as you've got can beat me at billiards . " Without a moment's hesitation Prentiss retorted , as he limped around the table , " It is a marve ! to me , sir , why God Almighty ...
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... remarks offensive , resented them upon the spot by a blow . Foote was too magnanimous to strike back , but in due time challenged him . The parties met , accompanied by their respective friends and seconds , on the 5th of October , 1833 ...
... remarks offensive , resented them upon the spot by a blow . Foote was too magnanimous to strike back , but in due time challenged him . The parties met , accompanied by their respective friends and seconds , on the 5th of October , 1833 ...
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... remarked to them in a jocular tone , " Boys , you had better come down . General Foote shoots wild , you know , and you may get hit up there . " I know not whether the boys took the hint , but this is more than probable . At the ...
... remarked to them in a jocular tone , " Boys , you had better come down . General Foote shoots wild , you know , and you may get hit up there . " I know not whether the boys took the hint , but this is more than probable . At the ...
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... remark , sometimes borrowed , but almost always orig- inal . A dolphin , for example , was taken , and as it died on deck , he gave its requiem from the beautiful lines of Byron : ' Parting day Dies like the dolphin , whom each pang ...
... remark , sometimes borrowed , but almost always orig- inal . A dolphin , for example , was taken , and as it died on deck , he gave its requiem from the beautiful lines of Byron : ' Parting day Dies like the dolphin , whom each pang ...
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