The Dennes of Daundelyonn, Volume 1Smith, Elder, 1859 |
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Page 9
... called battles ! and what a mistaken idea is pre- sented of them by amateurs and artists , in pictures and poems ! Really , until late events had brought home to every heart a more just idea of the frightful details of such scenes of ...
... called battles ! and what a mistaken idea is pre- sented of them by amateurs and artists , in pictures and poems ! Really , until late events had brought home to every heart a more just idea of the frightful details of such scenes of ...
Page 14
... called after a rich great - uncle , a wealthy manufacturer in a very dirty town ; old Michael - who was huntsman , gardener , butler , footman , page , and groom , and I believe would have been either cook or lady's maid in an emergency ...
... called after a rich great - uncle , a wealthy manufacturer in a very dirty town ; old Michael - who was huntsman , gardener , butler , footman , page , and groom , and I believe would have been either cook or lady's maid in an emergency ...
Page 15
... called " London dirt " ) , and we were waiting , in our little scanty night - gowns and frill - less caps , for mamma to come and hear us say our prayers and bid us good - night — and perhaps , if we were very good , put us to sleep ...
... called " London dirt " ) , and we were waiting , in our little scanty night - gowns and frill - less caps , for mamma to come and hear us say our prayers and bid us good - night — and perhaps , if we were very good , put us to sleep ...
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... houses , and ornamented by a lake of liquid mud called the " Serpentine : a name which , in the innocence of our youthful hearts , we connected with some dim idea of snakes , 99 and which always aroused in us the fear of being BENONI . 29.
... houses , and ornamented by a lake of liquid mud called the " Serpentine : a name which , in the innocence of our youthful hearts , we connected with some dim idea of snakes , 99 and which always aroused in us the fear of being BENONI . 29.
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... called in question . Vac- cination has the merit of being eminently valu- able , while its traces are always carefully con- cealed . Reserve has not only no merit that I have been able to discover , but is highly ridiculous and ...
... called in question . Vac- cination has the merit of being eminently valu- able , while its traces are always carefully con- cealed . Reserve has not only no merit that I have been able to discover , but is highly ridiculous and ...
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Page 9 - They say it was a shocking sight after the field was won; for many thousand bodies here lay rotting in the sun; but things like that, you know, must be after a famous victory. Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, and our good Prince Eugene. "Why, 'twas a very wicked thing!" said little Wilhelmine. "Nay... nay... my little girl," quoth he, "it was a famous victory.