The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral GroundAppleton, 1873 - 179 էջ |
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... officers of the mother - country with the wealthier and more powerful families of the vicinity , until , at the commencement of hos- tilities , their united influence had very nearly thrown the colony into the scale on the side of the ...
... officers of the mother - country with the wealthier and more powerful families of the vicinity , until , at the commencement of hos- tilities , their united influence had very nearly thrown the colony into the scale on the side of the ...
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... officers to speak slightingly of their enemies ; and Sarah took all the idle vaporing of her danglers to be truths . The first political opinions which reached the ears of Frances were coupled with sneers on the conduct of her ...
... officers to speak slightingly of their enemies ; and Sarah took all the idle vaporing of her danglers to be truths . The first political opinions which reached the ears of Frances were coupled with sneers on the conduct of her ...
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... officers of the British 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 ...
... officers of the British 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 ...
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... officer in his regimentals . " I had flattered myself , " cried young Whar- ton , with a laugh , " that I looked better on the canvas than in a masquerade . You must be a close observer , sir . " 66 " Necessity has made me one , " said ...
... officer in his regimentals . " I had flattered myself , " cried young Whar- ton , with a laugh , " that I looked better on the canvas than in a masquerade . You must be a close observer , sir . " 66 " Necessity has made me one , " said ...
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... officer , " a few guin- eas will buy off those rascals at any time , should I meet them . No , no , Mr. Birch , here I stay un- til morning . " 27 the latter particular you were mistaken , Mr. Birch . " " I was , " said the pedler ...
... officer , " a few guin- eas will buy off those rascals at any time , should I meet them . No , no , Mr. Birch , here I stay un- til morning . " 27 the latter particular you were mistaken , Mr. Birch . " " I was , " said the pedler ...
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