The soldier's destiny. To which is added The Scrabster family1853 |
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... passed like a sharp sword through his heart on its way to heaven , and he was struggling from the dead - house of his children . He gasped in agony as he saw beside him a misery - stricken phan- tom like his wife , who , with a ghastly ...
... passed like a sharp sword through his heart on its way to heaven , and he was struggling from the dead - house of his children . He gasped in agony as he saw beside him a misery - stricken phan- tom like his wife , who , with a ghastly ...
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... passed away , and the only breaks in the dreariness of this sad home were those caused by the letters which they occasionally received from Joe . There was generally an enclosure of a shilling or two , and there was always a hearty ...
... passed away , and the only breaks in the dreariness of this sad home were those caused by the letters which they occasionally received from Joe . There was generally an enclosure of a shilling or two , and there was always a hearty ...
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... passing through the usual stages of convalesence , that Joe's name was returned to the authorities as one ready for the resumption of his duties . He was immediately drafted into a regiment ordered on foreign service . Lizzy was to go ...
... passing through the usual stages of convalesence , that Joe's name was returned to the authorities as one ready for the resumption of his duties . He was immediately drafted into a regiment ordered on foreign service . Lizzy was to go ...
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... passed away . The regiment into which Joe was drafted at once proceeded to Canada . The men had suffered the usual miseries of a transport passage , and were now quartered in this unquiet colony of the British empire . Their active ...
... passed away . The regiment into which Joe was drafted at once proceeded to Canada . The men had suffered the usual miseries of a transport passage , and were now quartered in this unquiet colony of the British empire . Their active ...
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... passed their lips - no complaint of their hard and lowly lot ; their sole mental occupation , besides the little duties of the charity school that the young ones had , seemed to be how they could derive the greatest amount of enjoyment ...
... passed their lips - no complaint of their hard and lowly lot ; their sole mental occupation , besides the little duties of the charity school that the young ones had , seemed to be how they could derive the greatest amount of enjoyment ...
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Alstonfield amiable army Ashbourn bayonet began berlin wool blood Bosphorus Cottage breakfast cacies Caplin cheered cold courage course Crabstick cuirassiers dead dear death delightful deserted despair dinner donkey dreary Dulcinea effect Emily eyes face fancied father fear fellow felt fife fortunate gaze GEORGE WALLER glory Gray's Gray's Inn Gripsmill Growler hand happy heart heartsease heaven honour hope horrible husband Joe's Julia ladies laughed laughter leave living Lizzy Lizzy's midnight murderer mind morning mother Mottleman Nat Willet nature never night occasion once peace perhaps Pine Apple Place Poor Joe present received recollection reflection round scene Scrabster seemed sergeant shilling smile soldier SOLDIER'S DESTINY solitude soon Staffordshire Strutt suffered sure tears tell terrible thing thou thought tion toil told touching record trifle turned village walk whilst wife woman young
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Страница 19 - ... cause; whose support I do therefore commend unto you, not only at this time, in the collection which we are about to make, but by subscription, and in whatever way seemeth best to every one. As every one hath received the gift, even so let him minister the same, as stewards of the manifold grace of God, who is the father of the orphan, the husband of the widow, and the friend of the friendless in their habitation. But let me remember, before I close, that...