Memoirs of Richard Cumberland, Volume 2Lackington, Allen, & Company, 1807 - 432 pages |
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... whilst my wife and daughters accom- panied me in the Milford's cutter with the first lieutenant and master . The passage to Aldea Gallega is about nine miles up the river , which here forms a magni- ficent sheet of water . At the ...
... whilst my wife and daughters accom- panied me in the Milford's cutter with the first lieutenant and master . The passage to Aldea Gallega is about nine miles up the river , which here forms a magni- ficent sheet of water . At the ...
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... whilst my carriages were in waiting for me , an Irish benedictine walked into my room , and in a very authoritative and unceremonious style insisted on my staying there all day , and even was proceeding to countermand my carriages . He ...
... whilst my carriages were in waiting for me , an Irish benedictine walked into my room , and in a very authoritative and unceremonious style insisted on my staying there all day , and even was proceeding to countermand my carriages . He ...
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... whilst the monk , keeping his hand upon my carriage , and vociferating with- out intermission , never left me till we had pas- sed through all the out posts , and fairly enter- ed the plain in sight of Badajoz . It was not pleasant ...
... whilst the monk , keeping his hand upon my carriage , and vociferating with- out intermission , never left me till we had pas- sed through all the out posts , and fairly enter- ed the plain in sight of Badajoz . It was not pleasant ...
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... whilst on the opposite bank I perceived a party of Spanish infantry waiting as it seemed to receive and escort me . My Portuguese dragoons in perfect silence wheeled about and departed , and no sooner had I touched the Spanish soil than ...
... whilst on the opposite bank I perceived a party of Spanish infantry waiting as it seemed to receive and escort me . My Portuguese dragoons in perfect silence wheeled about and departed , and no sooner had I touched the Spanish soil than ...
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... whilst this was pas- sing I had the satisfaction to be joined by my servant Thomas Camis on foot , his mule having sunk under him , exhausted with fatigue . He now mounted behind the coach , and the men dispatched in search for him ...
... whilst this was pas- sing I had the satisfaction to be joined by my servant Thomas Camis on foot , his mule having sunk under him , exhausted with fatigue . He now mounted behind the coach , and the men dispatched in search for him ...
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