The Anglo-American Magazine, 3. köideMaclear., 1853 |
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... LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED , with but one piece of artillery , and not a dozen rounds for it ; yet I am well persuaded a retreat much less a surrender , was not thought of ; and that | fell whilst gallantly cheering his troops to an the ...
... LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED , with but one piece of artillery , and not a dozen rounds for it ; yet I am well persuaded a retreat much less a surrender , was not thought of ; and that | fell whilst gallantly cheering his troops to an the ...
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... less scrupulous . This , of course , decided the controversy , and matters were suffered to remain in statu quo ! * * [ We are here constrained to omit a large portion of Mr. Powhead's narrative , as slightly tainted with the prosy ...
... less scrupulous . This , of course , decided the controversy , and matters were suffered to remain in statu quo ! * * [ We are here constrained to omit a large portion of Mr. Powhead's narrative , as slightly tainted with the prosy ...
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... less , " said Bianca , " for I should be more tormented . Remain obscure , and live for me . A brilliant cavalier often forgets love for renown . " " Thou would'st not have that danger to fear , " answered Aben Hamet , with vivacity ...
... less , " said Bianca , " for I should be more tormented . Remain obscure , and live for me . A brilliant cavalier often forgets love for renown . " " Thou would'st not have that danger to fear , " answered Aben Hamet , with vivacity ...
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... less competent - possibly also the less willing , he felt to answer them . Should he seek advice from others wiser than he ? No : not while the thousandth part of a chance remained that his father was innocent . This thought was still ...
... less competent - possibly also the less willing , he felt to answer them . Should he seek advice from others wiser than he ? No : not while the thousandth part of a chance remained that his father was innocent . This thought was still ...
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... less than the promotion of popular education ; and he was proud , in after life , to allude to these his early la- bours , by which he was enabled at the same time to cultivate his love of the beautiful , to diffuse a taste for art ...
... less than the promotion of popular education ; and he was proud , in after life , to allude to these his early la- bours , by which he was enabled at the same time to cultivate his love of the beautiful , to diffuse a taste for art ...
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