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... look back to this period and recall the enthusiastic and ambitious hopes with which my young breast was filled - hopes destined never to be realized - I cannot help smiling at my own folly . And yet the retro- spect is tinged with ...
... look back to this period and recall the enthusiastic and ambitious hopes with which my young breast was filled - hopes destined never to be realized - I cannot help smiling at my own folly . And yet the retro- spect is tinged with ...
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William Taylor. feeling too , for there are few who can look upon the past without being conscious of hav- ing in some way misapplied their talents , and lost opportunities that may never again fall in their way . -- During the heat of ...
William Taylor. feeling too , for there are few who can look upon the past without being conscious of hav- ing in some way misapplied their talents , and lost opportunities that may never again fall in their way . -- During the heat of ...
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... look on the mate , he exclaimed- " Better stop my wind than my grog : " and before any of us were aware of his intention jumped over- board . The sea was running high at the time , and the ship was crowded with canvass . captain ...
... look on the mate , he exclaimed- " Better stop my wind than my grog : " and before any of us were aware of his intention jumped over- board . The sea was running high at the time , and the ship was crowded with canvass . captain ...
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... a hen coop , that had just been thrown overboard to him . An imploring look , and an agonized scream , that went to the heart of every one present , told us all was over with the unfortunate man , 8 LIFE IN THE RANKS .
... a hen coop , that had just been thrown overboard to him . An imploring look , and an agonized scream , that went to the heart of every one present , told us all was over with the unfortunate man , 8 LIFE IN THE RANKS .
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... looks up at me for more too , as if he hadn't had a dhrop at all . By my sowl but he's as bad as father Rooney , who used to complain , after his twelfth tum- bler , that they had given him a glass with LIFE IN THE RANKS . 11.
... looks up at me for more too , as if he hadn't had a dhrop at all . By my sowl but he's as bad as father Rooney , who used to complain , after his twelfth tum- bler , that they had given him a glass with LIFE IN THE RANKS . 11.
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Life in the Ranks: The Experiences of a British Cavalryman in Early 19th ... William Taylor No preview available - 2012 |
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