The Horse GuardsJ. & D.A. Darling, 1850 - 104 páginas |
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... instance is it recorded that the person soliciting the honour , experienced from His Royal Highness , aught , save the greatest kindness and un- deviating courtesy , which every man , innately a gen- tleman , would deem himself ...
... instance is it recorded that the person soliciting the honour , experienced from His Royal Highness , aught , save the greatest kindness and un- deviating courtesy , which every man , innately a gen- tleman , would deem himself ...
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... instances of the benevolence of His Royal Highness's disposition might be quoted and moreover verified by officers ... instance of a subaltern belonging to a regiment stationed in the West Indies . I need not remind my military readers ...
... instances of the benevolence of His Royal Highness's disposition might be quoted and moreover verified by officers ... instance of a subaltern belonging to a regiment stationed in the West Indies . I need not remind my military readers ...
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... instance ? " 66 " I am deeply conscious of your kindness , sir , ” answered the officer , " but having attained the object for which I came home , and nothing whatever re- maining to detain me in England , I purpose rejoin- ing my ...
... instance ? " 66 " I am deeply conscious of your kindness , sir , ” answered the officer , " but having attained the object for which I came home , and nothing whatever re- maining to detain me in England , I purpose rejoin- ing my ...
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... instance , that his good genius will continue to guide his future dictates with an equally - discriminating hand . Adverting to the quotation however , the writer alluded to observes " It appears to me a sad mis- fortune , that the ...
... instance , that his good genius will continue to guide his future dictates with an equally - discriminating hand . Adverting to the quotation however , the writer alluded to observes " It appears to me a sad mis- fortune , that the ...
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... instances , the men have not eighteen inches interval between their beds , and consequently less freedom is allowed for ventilation than actually is the case at home , and that too in a climate where the thermometer is generally at 94 ...
... instances , the men have not eighteen inches interval between their beds , and consequently less freedom is allowed for ventilation than actually is the case at home , and that too in a climate where the thermometer is generally at 94 ...
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