The Anglo-American Magazine, 3. köideMaclear., 1853 |
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... seemed to characterize troops . " * many of the movements during the campaign of 1812 and '13 . British force along the time of General Brock's Niagara frontier at the return from Detroit . Here was a force of regulars amounting to four ...
... seemed to characterize troops . " * many of the movements during the campaign of 1812 and '13 . British force along the time of General Brock's Niagara frontier at the return from Detroit . Here was a force of regulars amounting to four ...
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... seemed to have gained new heat from the late miscarriage ; the brave men were mortified to stop short of their object , and the timid thought laurels half won by the attempt . On the morning of the 12th , such was the pres- sure upon me ...
... seemed to have gained new heat from the late miscarriage ; the brave men were mortified to stop short of their object , and the timid thought laurels half won by the attempt . On the morning of the 12th , such was the pres- sure upon me ...
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... seemed encrusted and im -- and sinking down on the nearest chair , he pregnated with copper , and like the " Amen " of Macbeth , stuck pertinaciously in his throat ! waited with fixed eyes to hear what would come next ! Had the ...
... seemed encrusted and im -- and sinking down on the nearest chair , he pregnated with copper , and like the " Amen " of Macbeth , stuck pertinaciously in his throat ! waited with fixed eyes to hear what would come next ! Had the ...
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... seemed to thank her with its soft lustrous black eyes . During the ab- sence of the Abencerrage , the daughter of the Duke de Sante Fé had studied Arabic , and now read with moistened eyes her own name on the collar of the gazelle ...
... seemed to thank her with its soft lustrous black eyes . During the ab- sence of the Abencerrage , the daughter of the Duke de Sante Fé had studied Arabic , and now read with moistened eyes her own name on the collar of the gazelle ...
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... seemed to leave it in an instant . The haunting fear of ever divulging his fatal suspi- cions and his fatal secret had vanished , as it were , at the touch of Father Paul's hand . For the first time , he now repeated to another ear ...
... seemed to leave it in an instant . The haunting fear of ever divulging his fatal suspi- cions and his fatal secret had vanished , as it were , at the touch of Father Paul's hand . For the first time , he now repeated to another ear ...
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