At School with an Old DragoonHenry S. King & Company, 1874 - 418 páginas |
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... took out some wine and biscuits , and insisted on hob - nobbing with me in the hearty fashion of a bye - gone day , while a few moments more of his pleasant manner and cheerful conversation put me quite at my ease . " Now for a little ...
... took out some wine and biscuits , and insisted on hob - nobbing with me in the hearty fashion of a bye - gone day , while a few moments more of his pleasant manner and cheerful conversation put me quite at my ease . " Now for a little ...
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... took together after dinner , he told me all I cared to know of my new surroundings . Captain John Blunt's own story , as sketched by my friend , who had it first - hand ( for the Captain was one of the least reticent of men regarding ...
... took together after dinner , he told me all I cared to know of my new surroundings . Captain John Blunt's own story , as sketched by my friend , who had it first - hand ( for the Captain was one of the least reticent of men regarding ...
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... , that very afternoon , took the opportunity of a ramble they had together , to try and combat . Charley Greydon's silly folly , as regarded truth in dreams , succeeding so far as to give considerable ease The Hussar of Canterbury . 23.
... , that very afternoon , took the opportunity of a ramble they had together , to try and combat . Charley Greydon's silly folly , as regarded truth in dreams , succeeding so far as to give considerable ease The Hussar of Canterbury . 23.
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... took a double quantity of the nauseous compound his mother had prescribed ; but now it seemed to do him little or no good , while his appetite gradually became seriously affected by the constant sensation of sickness it induced . He ...
... took a double quantity of the nauseous compound his mother had prescribed ; but now it seemed to do him little or no good , while his appetite gradually became seriously affected by the constant sensation of sickness it induced . He ...
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... why " he turned on his heel and walked away , without finishing his sentence . But the other two took up the parable , and talked D away until they persuaded the unhappy young fellow to communicate The Hussar of Canterbury . 33.
... why " he turned on his heel and walked away , without finishing his sentence . But the other two took up the parable , and talked D away until they persuaded the unhappy young fellow to communicate The Hussar of Canterbury . 33.
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