At School with an Old DragoonHenry S. King & Company, 1874 - 418 páginas |
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... tell you that nearly every one of my pupils are sent to me labelled by those who know them best as ' backward , ' ' idle , ' ' headstrong ' ' wild , ' or ' unmanageable ' ( I do not believe in the latter , by the bye ) ; and therefore ...
... tell you that nearly every one of my pupils are sent to me labelled by those who know them best as ' backward , ' ' idle , ' ' headstrong ' ' wild , ' or ' unmanageable ' ( I do not believe in the latter , by the bye ) ; and therefore ...
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... tell us―― " " " You'll never persuade me again , " grumbled the Captain . " When we can get him to tell us one of his jolly old war stories ( and first - rate they are too ) , De Vaux calls it a history of one of the notches on his ...
... tell us―― " " " You'll never persuade me again , " grumbled the Captain . " When we can get him to tell us one of his jolly old war stories ( and first - rate they are too ) , De Vaux calls it a history of one of the notches on his ...
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... tell us anecdotes and tales of adventures he had taken part in , or knew of intimately , in all parts of the world . Many of these experiences — and they all were real experiences that had happened to himself or his friends - were ...
... tell us anecdotes and tales of adventures he had taken part in , or knew of intimately , in all parts of the world . Many of these experiences — and they all were real experiences that had happened to himself or his friends - were ...
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... tin case appertaining to a soldier's kit , " and tell us how you got that scratch down your forehead ? " Charley looked in the mirror held out to him , and discovered a sort of cut about half an inch long 24 At School with an Old Dragoon .
... tin case appertaining to a soldier's kit , " and tell us how you got that scratch down your forehead ? " Charley looked in the mirror held out to him , and discovered a sort of cut about half an inch long 24 At School with an Old Dragoon .
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... tell you what it is , Jack Blunt , " said Hewitt , when he heard what Mr. Eldred said , " I am heartily ashamed of my share in this business . It was I frightened him first about that blessed Dead - man's Scratch , and there I've ruined ...
... tell you what it is , Jack Blunt , " said Hewitt , when he heard what Mr. Eldred said , " I am heartily ashamed of my share in this business . It was I frightened him first about that blessed Dead - man's Scratch , and there I've ruined ...
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