The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral GroundHoughton Mifflin, 1911 - 434 էջ |
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... into the bone , and the common mind is beginning to keep even pace with the growth of the body politic . The march from Vera Cruz to Mexico was made under the or- ders of that gallant soldier who , a quarter of INTRODUCTION xxi.
... into the bone , and the common mind is beginning to keep even pace with the growth of the body politic . The march from Vera Cruz to Mexico was made under the or- ders of that gallant soldier who , a quarter of INTRODUCTION xxi.
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... soldier who , a quarter of a century before , was mentioned with honor , in the last chapter of this very book . Glorious as was that march , and brilliant as were its results in a military point of view , a stride was then made by the ...
... soldier who , a quarter of a century before , was mentioned with honor , in the last chapter of this very book . Glorious as was that march , and brilliant as were its results in a military point of view , a stride was then made by the ...
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... soldier ; but a natural imbecility of character in his child interfered with his wishes . A twelvemonth had been spent by the young man in weighing the comparative advantages of the different classes of troops , when the death of his ...
... soldier ; but a natural imbecility of character in his child interfered with his wishes . A twelvemonth had been spent by the young man in weighing the comparative advantages of the different classes of troops , when the death of his ...
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... soldier . For many years he continued happy in his family , and suffi- ciently respected by his countrymen , as a man of integrity and consequence , when all his enjoyments vanished , as it were , at a blow . His only son , the youth ...
... soldier . For many years he continued happy in his family , and suffi- ciently respected by his countrymen , as a man of integrity and consequence , when all his enjoyments vanished , as it were , at a blow . His only son , the youth ...
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... soldier ; his estimate of character was not always the wisest ; and his propensities led him to imagine that a red coat never concealed a dis- honorable heart . The house of Mr. Wharton became a fashionable lounge to the officers of the ...
... soldier ; his estimate of character was not always the wisest ; and his propensities led him to imagine that a red coat never concealed a dis- honorable heart . The house of Mr. Wharton became a fashionable lounge to the officers of the ...
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The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground ; with the Portrait of the Author James Fenimore Cooper Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1842 |
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