The Staff Officer; Or, The Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life, Том 2E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1833 |
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... favour to accept as a lone for an indefinite period , he in return was honoured with an en- signcy , and the prospect of the paymastership of the Garryone regiment . What could possibly have induced this humble Hibernian to abandon his ...
... favour to accept as a lone for an indefinite period , he in return was honoured with an en- signcy , and the prospect of the paymastership of the Garryone regiment . What could possibly have induced this humble Hibernian to abandon his ...
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... favours granted to their customers were meted out , not so much by their manners , person , or rank , as by the liberality with which they made their purchases . In fact , a more sordid , selfish trio never existed ; they were even ...
... favours granted to their customers were meted out , not so much by their manners , person , or rank , as by the liberality with which they made their purchases . In fact , a more sordid , selfish trio never existed ; they were even ...
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... favour the company with an air . She was half inclined to comply , but still kept her seat ; so my friend perceiving that the mountain would not come to Maho- met , he ( as Mahomet ) went to the mountain , and taking her hand , with a ...
... favour the company with an air . She was half inclined to comply , but still kept her seat ; so my friend perceiving that the mountain would not come to Maho- met , he ( as Mahomet ) went to the mountain , and taking her hand , with a ...
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... favour , which I did by a few pithy lines addressed to the fort - major , through whom all offi- cial communications passed . I afterwards heard that the ge- neral observed to Major Kent , when laying my letter before his chief " Now ...
... favour , which I did by a few pithy lines addressed to the fort - major , through whom all offi- cial communications passed . I afterwards heard that the ge- neral observed to Major Kent , when laying my letter before his chief " Now ...
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... favour , merely by philandering about with the ladies on the terrace under his very nose , that crimson , good - humoured snub , which never yet curled at me in anger . Without knowing whether to appear before him with a pleased or a ...
... favour , merely by philandering about with the ladies on the terrace under his very nose , that crimson , good - humoured snub , which never yet curled at me in anger . Without knowing whether to appear before him with a pleased or a ...
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