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... hands on his hips , and elbows pointing backwards , talking good - naturedly to a colonel man , who was evidently just off " trek , " and with his overgrown gait and ponderous step the great Kitchener did not 12 ON THE HEELS OF DE WET .
... hands on his hips , and elbows pointing backwards , talking good - naturedly to a colonel man , who was evidently just off " trek , " and with his overgrown gait and ponderous step the great Kitchener did not 12 ON THE HEELS OF DE WET .
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... hold- ing out his hand . ) There you are ; you are fitted out . Mind you move out of Richmond Road to - morrow morning without fail . Good- bye ! " 15 II . THE MEET ! THE driver leaned out 14 ON THE HEELS OF DE WET .
... hold- ing out his hand . ) There you are ; you are fitted out . Mind you move out of Richmond Road to - morrow morning without fail . Good- bye ! " 15 II . THE MEET ! THE driver leaned out 14 ON THE HEELS OF DE WET .
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... hands with you . I wish that there were more like you ; we should all be better men . Good - bye and good luck to you , sir ! " It is not intended in these papers to com- pile a historical record of the operations in South Africa to ...
... hands with you . I wish that there were more like you ; we should all be better men . Good - bye and good luck to you , sir ! " It is not intended in these papers to com- pile a historical record of the operations in South Africa to ...
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... is not always the medium , through which the Great Head you have selected works , that is in error , —that the pilot's hand may be at fault , and not the You have your type in steering - gear ? Take us that night at Rich- THE MEET ! 25.
... is not always the medium , through which the Great Head you have selected works , that is in error , —that the pilot's hand may be at fault , and not the You have your type in steering - gear ? Take us that night at Rich- THE MEET ! 25.
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... hand stretched a waste of lone prairie - a solitude of gather- ing night . Out of its deepest shades rose masses of jet - black hill : the ragged outline of their crests bathed purple and grey in the last effort of the expiring twilight ...
... hand stretched a waste of lone prairie - a solitude of gather- ing night . Out of its deepest shades rose masses of jet - black hill : the ragged outline of their crests bathed purple and grey in the last effort of the expiring twilight ...
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