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... officer in the militia - distinguished himself in some revolt of the Chinese population , and , when en- camped in a morass , caught a sciatica , which ever after annoyed him occasionally . Moreover , he had realized a tolerable ...
... officer in the militia - distinguished himself in some revolt of the Chinese population , and , when en- camped in a morass , caught a sciatica , which ever after annoyed him occasionally . Moreover , he had realized a tolerable ...
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... officers examined his packages , and , amongst other articles , was a trunk belonging to a surgeon , containing books , and a scull . The moment the Chinamen beheld it , they all jumped overboard into their praam , without any further ...
... officers examined his packages , and , amongst other articles , was a trunk belonging to a surgeon , containing books , and a scull . The moment the Chinamen beheld it , they all jumped overboard into their praam , without any further ...
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... officers strutted about with all the pomp of vain - glorious conquerors . They had a train of light one - pounders attached to them , and I felt great delight in seeing them manœuvring in the Champs Elysées . My father was constantly ...
... officers strutted about with all the pomp of vain - glorious conquerors . They had a train of light one - pounders attached to them , and I felt great delight in seeing them manœuvring in the Champs Elysées . My father was constantly ...
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... officers . So far from the British Government having acted in an unfair and ungenerous manner towards France , it had given it a moral lesson , by returning good for evil ; for , notwithstanding the perfidious conduct of the Bourbons in ...
... officers . So far from the British Government having acted in an unfair and ungenerous manner towards France , it had given it a moral lesson , by returning good for evil ; for , notwithstanding the perfidious conduct of the Bourbons in ...
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... officer , of the name of Westermann , whom they had placed in command of the fédérés and the rabble of the Faubourgs , had gone to inform them of the issue of the battle . He found Danton weeping , with his wife and children ; Marat ...
... officer , of the name of Westermann , whom they had placed in command of the fédérés and the rabble of the Faubourgs , had gone to inform them of the issue of the battle . He found Danton weeping , with his wife and children ; Marat ...
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