At School with an Old DragoonHenry S. King & Company, 1874 - 418 páginas |
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... arm ; and we started up the wooden pier for the shore . Being very fond of the sea , I had come round from London in a trading steamer , instead of making the ordinary railway journey to Compton , and had been dropped , like a waif from ...
... arm ; and we started up the wooden pier for the shore . Being very fond of the sea , I had come round from London in a trading steamer , instead of making the ordinary railway journey to Compton , and had been dropped , like a waif from ...
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... arms , in a famous Indian cavalry fight , brought him into such prominent notice as to cause his promotion from the plain saddle of a sergeant of dragoons to the more richly caparisoned housings of a cornet . He was made riding - master ...
... arms , in a famous Indian cavalry fight , brought him into such prominent notice as to cause his promotion from the plain saddle of a sergeant of dragoons to the more richly caparisoned housings of a cornet . He was made riding - master ...
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... as he rose from his arm - chair : " Mr. Orme's tired , and the sooner he makes a ' notch ' in his pillow the better . " I could not persuade the old gentleman to favour us that evening ; but when all the pupils were Ghuznee Villa . 15.
... as he rose from his arm - chair : " Mr. Orme's tired , and the sooner he makes a ' notch ' in his pillow the better . " I could not persuade the old gentleman to favour us that evening ; but when all the pupils were Ghuznee Villa . 15.
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... arm , the entire cavalry of the British Auxiliary Legion , commanded by General De Lacy Evans . A few words of explanation con- cerning the origin and organization of this force , may be necessary for the better understanding of what is ...
... arm , the entire cavalry of the British Auxiliary Legion , commanded by General De Lacy Evans . A few words of explanation con- cerning the origin and organization of this force , may be necessary for the better understanding of what is ...
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... arms ( and legs too , after a peculiar hobbling fashion ) of the captive securely , and handing the corporal the end of the rope to attach to his saddle . Taking notes of their names , the 58 At School with an Old Dragoon .
... arms ( and legs too , after a peculiar hobbling fashion ) of the captive securely , and handing the corporal the end of the rope to attach to his saddle . Taking notes of their names , the 58 At School with an Old Dragoon .
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