Winfield: The Lawyer's Son, and how He Became a Major-generalAshmead & Evans, 1865 - 313 |
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... look steadily at us , " you've got such a honest face ! " Completely overcome , we turned away , and passed ... looks ! The public bridge across the river Schuylkill , at this place , is one of the longest and most substantial in ...
... look steadily at us , " you've got such a honest face ! " Completely overcome , we turned away , and passed ... looks ! The public bridge across the river Schuylkill , at this place , is one of the longest and most substantial in ...
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... look sublime Has blanched the tyrant's cheek in every varying clime . " Hancock was among the first , while yet a young man and in the possession of a large fortune , to strike a blow against the royal oppressors of his native land ...
... look sublime Has blanched the tyrant's cheek in every varying clime . " Hancock was among the first , while yet a young man and in the possession of a large fortune , to strike a blow against the royal oppressors of his native land ...
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... look back with pleasure on the fact that their hands helped to equip the juvenile sol- diers ; and that when they appeared on parade , with mimic colors and music of tiny drum and flageolet , they cheered them on their marches , and ...
... look back with pleasure on the fact that their hands helped to equip the juvenile sol- diers ; and that when they appeared on parade , with mimic colors and music of tiny drum and flageolet , they cheered them on their marches , and ...
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... Look here ! " he would say to the aggressor , " you are larger and older than Johnny , and ought to be ashamed to take advantage of him , on account of his age and size . " What business is it to you , Winfield Hancock ? ” came the ...
... Look here ! " he would say to the aggressor , " you are larger and older than Johnny , and ought to be ashamed to take advantage of him , on account of his age and size . " What business is it to you , Winfield Hancock ? ” came the ...
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... look on the ruins of the old fort , the days when their ancestors roamed the forests beyond , or sped their way along the bosom of the Father of Waters . How changed the scene in the rapid march of years ! The steamboat is on the river ...
... look on the ruins of the old fort , the days when their ancestors roamed the forests beyond , or sped their way along the bosom of the Father of Waters . How changed the scene in the rapid march of years ! The steamboat is on the river ...
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Strona 157 - For Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding Sire to Son, Though baffled oft is ever won.
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