The Life and Times of Seargent Smith PrentissJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1884 - 442 páginas |
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... seemed to luxuriate in our clime . There was one feat in which he could beat all - comers , and that was the drawing himself up by his arms , putting his chin over a limb , then letting his body drop arm's length , and repeating again ...
... seemed to luxuriate in our clime . There was one feat in which he could beat all - comers , and that was the drawing himself up by his arms , putting his chin over a limb , then letting his body drop arm's length , and repeating again ...
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... seemed the same ) ; Preston W. Farrar , afterwards State senator from Wilkinson County , who subsequently moved to New Orleans , became a member of the Louisiana Legislature and a prominent member of the New Orleans bar ; William C ...
... seemed the same ) ; Preston W. Farrar , afterwards State senator from Wilkinson County , who subsequently moved to New Orleans , became a member of the Louisiana Legislature and a prominent member of the New Orleans bar ; William C ...
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... seemed al- ways able to touch the diapason that vibrated through the soul . Byron was his chief favorite ; in fact , the cast of his genius was not unlike that of the poet's : the same brilliant imagination , the same capacious memory ...
... seemed al- ways able to touch the diapason that vibrated through the soul . Byron was his chief favorite ; in fact , the cast of his genius was not unlike that of the poet's : the same brilliant imagination , the same capacious memory ...
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... seemed to be hushed into the stillness of the cemetery . It was raging in New Orleans while it was desolating Vicksburg . The cholera in one respect is , fortunately , like a whirlwind ; it makes no long tarrying , and therefore , for ...
... seemed to be hushed into the stillness of the cemetery . It was raging in New Orleans while it was desolating Vicksburg . The cholera in one respect is , fortunately , like a whirlwind ; it makes no long tarrying , and therefore , for ...
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... seemed to fall more especially under the personal magnetism of Clay ; and , with the fidelity of Bertrand to the Emperor Napoleon , he ever afterward clung to him with an unswerving faith through all his checkered political career . In ...
... seemed to fall more especially under the personal magnetism of Clay ; and , with the fidelity of Bertrand to the Emperor Napoleon , he ever afterward clung to him with an unswerving faith through all his checkered political career . In ...
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