The Dennes of Daundelyonn, Volume 1Smith, Elder, 1859 |
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... pictures , the currents of air carrying dust , waste paper , and straw hither and thither , the strange men rushing about in heavy boots , bear- ing packing - cases on their shoulders , and the being bid incessantly to " get out of the ...
... pictures , the currents of air carrying dust , waste paper , and straw hither and thither , the strange men rushing about in heavy boots , bear- ing packing - cases on their shoulders , and the being bid incessantly to " get out of the ...
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... 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 carnage , youthful enthusiasts of both sexes , who " lived at home at ease , " fancied a battle ...
... 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 carnage , youthful enthusiasts of both sexes , who " lived at home at ease , " fancied a battle ...
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... picture seen but yesterday can I behold my poor mother's face when the patter of our country postman's pony's feet was heard along the sun- baked lane . How well I remember her uncon- scious whisper of , " Now , courage ! it is coming ...
... picture seen but yesterday can I behold my poor mother's face when the patter of our country postman's pony's feet was heard along the sun- baked lane . How well I remember her uncon- scious whisper of , " Now , courage ! it is coming ...
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... picture of a fair young mourner . Would he not draw around her form a veil of ebon gauze or snowy cambric ? would he not , as fancy might dictate , either bind back the tresses from her brow , as if in scorn of all customary adornment ...
... picture of a fair young mourner . Would he not draw around her form a veil of ebon gauze or snowy cambric ? would he not , as fancy might dictate , either bind back the tresses from her brow , as if in scorn of all customary adornment ...
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... pictures " over the archway . Uncle Edward informed her that they were escutcheons ; the one over the large gateway bearing the arms of Daundelyonn : sable , three lions rampant , between two bars , dancette argent ; that over the small ...
... pictures " over the archway . Uncle Edward informed her that they were escutcheons ; the one over the large gateway bearing the arms of Daundelyonn : sable , three lions rampant , between two bars , dancette argent ; that over the small ...
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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.