Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 122W. Blackwood & Sons, 1877 |
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... far wrong about a fellow's character . " " Oh ! he was in the army ? " " Yes ; he was a Captain in the Dragoon Guards . " " He doesn't strike me as exactly " mess . 66 Ah , well , but he 1877 . 23 Mine is Thine . - Part 1 .
... far wrong about a fellow's character . " " Oh ! he was in the army ? " " Yes ; he was a Captain in the Dragoon Guards . " " He doesn't strike me as exactly " mess . 66 Ah , well , but he 1877 . 23 Mine is Thine . - Part 1 .
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... army . With him was sent General Loring of the American contingent , an old officer of much experience , whose hand the Khedive placed in that of the Pasha before leaving Cairo , enjoining brotherly concord between them . With them also ...
... army . With him was sent General Loring of the American contingent , an old officer of much experience , whose hand the Khedive placed in that of the Pasha before leaving Cairo , enjoining brotherly concord between them . With them also ...
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... army as advised on the 4th , or even as late as the 6th , instead of taking up the intermediate position , and there inviting attack with a divided force , he might have crushed the enemy at one blow . " The valley of Gura commands on ...
... army as advised on the 4th , or even as late as the 6th , instead of taking up the intermediate position , and there inviting attack with a divided force , he might have crushed the enemy at one blow . " The valley of Gura commands on ...
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... army of the Abyssinians . These two mistakes opened the campaign with advantage to the Abyssinians , and encouraged them to continue the war . To resume the narrative : - " On the 8th of March there was little or no fighting . On the ...
... army of the Abyssinians . These two mistakes opened the campaign with advantage to the Abyssinians , and encouraged them to continue the war . To resume the narrative : - " On the 8th of March there was little or no fighting . On the ...
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... army , and they fight to death , neither asking nor expecting quarter . " Shortly after , without further fighting , King John sued for peace , and no hostile movement has since taken place in Abyssinia . 66 " All of our prisoners who ...
... army , and they fight to death , neither asking nor expecting quarter . " Shortly after , without further fighting , King John sued for peace , and no hostile movement has since taken place in Abyssinia . 66 " All of our prisoners who ...
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