Inside Paris During the SiegeMacmillan and Company, 1871 - 342 pages |
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... his elbows on the table , and looking me hard in the face , delivered himself slowly of the following speech : - " Do you know , sir , that you have put yourself in a most awkward position ? 62 INSIDE PARIS DURING THE SIEGE . [ CHAP .
... his elbows on the table , and looking me hard in the face , delivered himself slowly of the following speech : - " Do you know , sir , that you have put yourself in a most awkward position ? 62 INSIDE PARIS DURING THE SIEGE . [ CHAP .
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... position ? Yes , F , a very awkward one indeed ; I shouldn't like for all the world to be in your shoes . Why , you are a foreigner ; you have no papers , no passport , nothing to prove who or what you are - and you are found at the ...
... position ? Yes , F , a very awkward one indeed ; I shouldn't like for all the world to be in your shoes . Why , you are a foreigner ; you have no papers , no passport , nothing to prove who or what you are - and you are found at the ...
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... ? I might be murdered by the villagers , who had their heads full of stories about Prussian spies . " All these remarks he invariably wound up by assuring me that F my position was a most 64 INSIDE PARIS DURING THE SIEGE . [ CHAP .
... ? I might be murdered by the villagers , who had their heads full of stories about Prussian spies . " All these remarks he invariably wound up by assuring me that F my position was a most 64 INSIDE PARIS DURING THE SIEGE . [ CHAP .
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Henry William Gregg Markheim, Denis Bingham. by assuring me that F my position was a most awkward one , staring hard in my face to give force to his words . The colonel was away in Paris , and was not expected back till late . The ...
Henry William Gregg Markheim, Denis Bingham. by assuring me that F my position was a most awkward one , staring hard in my face to give force to his words . The colonel was away in Paris , and was not expected back till late . The ...
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... positions . The consequence is , that at four hundred yards they receive a volley ; naturally they hesitate and waver , then dash on again to receive a second and a third , followed up by a fourth . If our generals will persist in ...
... positions . The consequence is , that at four hundred yards they receive a volley ; naturally they hesitate and waver , then dash on again to receive a second and a third , followed up by a fourth . If our generals will persist in ...
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