The Staff Officer; Or, The Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life, Volume 2E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1833 |
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... before the appointed day ; and took leave of this abode of innocence and virtue , happily before I had stained its peace- ful threshold with pollution . CHAPTER II . For you've only to Holland to sail 6 THE STAFF OFFICERS.
... before the appointed day ; and took leave of this abode of innocence and virtue , happily before I had stained its peace- ful threshold with pollution . CHAPTER II . For you've only to Holland to sail 6 THE STAFF OFFICERS.
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... leave at once , and on the authority of the Gazette to proceed to London , when the commanding officer , the senior major , reminded me that he had a voice as to the disposal of my time and services ; and that , until an of- ficial ...
... leave at once , and on the authority of the Gazette to proceed to London , when the commanding officer , the senior major , reminded me that he had a voice as to the disposal of my time and services ; and that , until an of- ficial ...
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... leave him in that obscurity from which he never emerged . The morning the regiment marched I appeared for the last time among the officers , and took a friendly leave of them all , and of my faithful servant Husho , on whom I bestowed a ...
... leave him in that obscurity from which he never emerged . The morning the regiment marched I appeared for the last time among the officers , and took a friendly leave of them all , and of my faithful servant Husho , on whom I bestowed a ...
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... leave of my comrades , I whis- pered to the lively Harrington where and to whom I was go- ing , and he was soon at my heels . Perceiving that the back row of their box , one of those near the stage , was partly un- occupied , we had ...
... leave of my comrades , I whis- pered to the lively Harrington where and to whom I was go- ing , and he was soon at my heels . Perceiving that the back row of their box , one of those near the stage , was partly un- occupied , we had ...
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... leave in the year 1825 ; returning to end his days in the loved land of his birth . Notwithstanding the naivete of his remarks , and the half - wildness of expression , with which he ushered them on the ear , there was , in his ac ...
... leave in the year 1825 ; returning to end his days in the loved land of his birth . Notwithstanding the naivete of his remarks , and the half - wildness of expression , with which he ushered them on the ear , there was , in his ac ...
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Page 205 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together: our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Page 98 - Horatio, what a wounded name, Things standing thus unknown, shall live behind me. If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, Absent thee from felicity awhile, And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain, To tell my story.
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