The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral GroundAppleton, 1873 - 179 էջ |
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... army or navy of England , as the regular stepping - stones to preferment . Most of the higher offices in the colonies were filled by men who had made arms their profession ; and it was even no uncommon sight to see a veteran warrior ...
... army or navy of England , as the regular stepping - stones to preferment . Most of the higher offices in the colonies were filled by men who had made arms their profession ; and it was even no uncommon sight to see a veteran warrior ...
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... army under Gen- eral Burgoyne will make the city , Miss Whar- ton ! " " Oh ! how pleasant it must be , " said the thoughtless Sarah , in reply ; " I am told there are many charming women with that army ; as you say , it will make us all ...
... army under Gen- eral Burgoyne will make the city , Miss Whar- ton ! " " Oh ! how pleasant it must be , " said the thoughtless Sarah , in reply ; " I am told there are many charming women with that army ; as you say , it will make us all ...
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... army , and the other to a French military academy . " " His money appears to have been thrown away , " observed the colonel , betraying the spleen he was unsuccessfully striving to conceal . " We ought to hope so , " added Sarah , with ...
... army , and the other to a French military academy . " " His money appears to have been thrown away , " observed the colonel , betraying the spleen he was unsuccessfully striving to conceal . " We ought to hope so , " added Sarah , with ...
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... army , " cried Sarah , smiling knowingly on the pedler . " I know some of them by sight , " said Birch , glancing his eyes round the apartment , taking in their course Captain Wharton , and resting for an instant on the countenance of ...
... army , " cried Sarah , smiling knowingly on the pedler . " I know some of them by sight , " said Birch , glancing his eyes round the apartment , taking in their course Captain Wharton , and resting for an instant on the countenance of ...
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... army , hung around the horizon in awful and increasing darkness . At a little elevation above the cot - southeast , and the house was placed on the side tage , the thin vapor was still rushing toward the cast with amazing velocity ...
... army , hung around the horizon in awful and increasing darkness . At a little elevation above the cot - southeast , and the house was placed on the side tage , the thin vapor was still rushing toward the cast with amazing velocity ...
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