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... companion rode over to see him was a fine one in June , and as we walked our horses into the town , we heard a considerable clamour towards the market - place . We trotted in that direction , and the first thing that struck us was the ...
... companion rode over to see him was a fine one in June , and as we walked our horses into the town , we heard a considerable clamour towards the market - place . We trotted in that direction , and the first thing that struck us was the ...
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... companions , who had been dead several years , he one a victim to a West India fever , the other killed in a duel . Recollection became unpleasant . I regretted having returned o the place ; and was half tempted to retrace my steps ...
... companions , who had been dead several years , he one a victim to a West India fever , the other killed in a duel . Recollection became unpleasant . I regretted having returned o the place ; and was half tempted to retrace my steps ...
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... companion in the place . This was Toby Underwood , a half- pay lieutenant of marines , a very old ally who had joined com- pany with Phil , and settled in this dull place out of pure compas- sion , and who was , he also assured me ...
... companion in the place . This was Toby Underwood , a half- pay lieutenant of marines , a very old ally who had joined com- pany with Phil , and settled in this dull place out of pure compas- sion , and who was , he also assured me ...
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... companion's circumstances and suf- ferings since the day I had seen him last . His tale was easily told , but not his comments on it ; for he bewailed the hardship of his case at great length , and with that fluent bitterness which few ...
... companion's circumstances and suf- ferings since the day I had seen him last . His tale was easily told , but not his comments on it ; for he bewailed the hardship of his case at great length , and with that fluent bitterness which few ...
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... companions ; and Phil made me many a reproach for having become a flincher . " That's what a man is sure to come to by living in this damned country - isn't it , Toby ? " said Phil , filling his glass . " Indeed it is , " answered Toby ...
... companions ; and Phil made me many a reproach for having become a flincher . " That's what a man is sure to come to by living in this damned country - isn't it , Toby ? " said Phil , filling his glass . " Indeed it is , " answered Toby ...
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