The Horse GuardsJ. & D.A. Darling, 1850 - 104 páginas |
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... from Yorkshire , for the express purpose of being enrolled in the household cavalry , during those bygone times , when the barracks of one regiment was at Knightsbridge , while the stables of the other occupied the site now.
... from Yorkshire , for the express purpose of being enrolled in the household cavalry , during those bygone times , when the barracks of one regiment was at Knightsbridge , while the stables of the other occupied the site now.
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... regiment , of which they knew nothing beyond the number on their buttons , or the facings adorning their cuffs and collars . An additional proof of the omission of a sagaci- ous cranium having been affixed to my tender verte- bræ , was ...
... regiment , of which they knew nothing beyond the number on their buttons , or the facings adorning their cuffs and collars . An additional proof of the omission of a sagaci- ous cranium having been affixed to my tender verte- bræ , was ...
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... regiment , hot from the college , to reach the head - quarters of their corps under the pleasing delusion that having , with consi- derable self satisfaction , surveyed some half - dozen acres of bog , and swallowed a considerably ...
... regiment , hot from the college , to reach the head - quarters of their corps under the pleasing delusion that having , with consi- derable self satisfaction , surveyed some half - dozen acres of bog , and swallowed a considerably ...
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... regiments . " Do your duty , my boy , and you're sure to prosper , " has , in company with a fifty - pound note , started many a lad to join his regi- ment , and push his way amid the ever varying occur- rences in this strange world of ...
... regiments . " Do your duty , my boy , and you're sure to prosper , " has , in company with a fifty - pound note , started many a lad to join his regi- ment , and push his way amid the ever varying occur- rences in this strange world of ...
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... Regiments and Lieutenant- Governorships await your condescending selection , is the possession of that inestimable ... regiment , or , perhaps , brigade , under any circumstances whatever , while the ability of claiming relationship ...
... Regiments and Lieutenant- Governorships await your condescending selection , is the possession of that inestimable ... regiment , or , perhaps , brigade , under any circumstances whatever , while the ability of claiming relationship ...
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acts advantage afforded allowed amount appear appointments army authorities become benefit better branches British building called carrying chanced clothing colonel command Commander-in-Chief consequently considerable continue corps course court desire directed Duke duty effect equally estimation exist expence fact favour feeling field follow fortune four gallant given Grace grant hands head honour hope Horse Guards individual instance interest Islands leave London matter means measure ment military mind mode never object observed occur offered officer opinion opportunity opposite otherwise pass perform period permitted person pleasing position possess possibility practical present probably profession promotion promulgated prove punishment rank received regards regiment remain render reply respecting rest result Royal sent served soldier station sufficient supposed taken tion troops West Indies
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