The Life and Times of Seargent Smith PrentissJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1884 - 442 páginas |
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... present court - house now stands ; this latter is a beautiful airy structure , and is the first object which strikes the traveller as he approaches Vicksburg by the river ; but whenever the men of the days of Prentiss visit the spot ...
... present court - house now stands ; this latter is a beautiful airy structure , and is the first object which strikes the traveller as he approaches Vicksburg by the river ; but whenever the men of the days of Prentiss visit the spot ...
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... present arms " position , and gave the imperious order , " Stand and deliver . " The preacher , as soon as he could collect his thoughts , replied in just such a way as a man in his vocation would do : " My dear sir , I've got nothing ...
... present arms " position , and gave the imperious order , " Stand and deliver . " The preacher , as soon as he could collect his thoughts , replied in just such a way as a man in his vocation would do : " My dear sir , I've got nothing ...
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... that he belonged to the ranks of the progressive party . Inasmuch as there was present a goodly assemblage of citizens , a debate was improvised , and these two antagonists , Foote and Prentiss , met for the first 52 THE LIFE AND TIMES OF.
... that he belonged to the ranks of the progressive party . Inasmuch as there was present a goodly assemblage of citizens , a debate was improvised , and these two antagonists , Foote and Prentiss , met for the first 52 THE LIFE AND TIMES OF.
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... present of it , " said Prentiss . " Oh , but you paid me for it . " " That makes no difference . " He had killed time in starting it , and that was all he wanted . And so the extempore " Yankee clock - maker , " who years be- fore had ...
... present of it , " said Prentiss . " Oh , but you paid me for it . " " That makes no difference . " He had killed time in starting it , and that was all he wanted . And so the extempore " Yankee clock - maker , " who years be- fore had ...
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... present site of Vicksburg , and was called " The Open Woods " because it had been cleared in the follow- ing primitive manner by the Indians it was said . Before being cleared it was a dense wilderness of gigantic cane and forest- trees ...
... present site of Vicksburg , and was called " The Open Woods " because it had been cleared in the follow- ing primitive manner by the Indians it was said . Before being cleared it was a dense wilderness of gigantic cane and forest- trees ...
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