The Staff Officer; Or, The Soldier of Fortune: A Tale of Real Life, Том 2E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1833 |
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... young men I have ever met with . He became very much attached to me ; and while describing the safe and tranquil pleasures of their rural life , almost succeeded in diverting the current of my mind from the unsettled and stormy track I ...
... young men I have ever met with . He became very much attached to me ; and while describing the safe and tranquil pleasures of their rural life , almost succeeded in diverting the current of my mind from the unsettled and stormy track I ...
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... young and lovely woman , fresh from the hands of nature , al- most within my embraces . I have often thought how I could have risked the soul - distracting view . The happy and unblushing confidence of the dear and inno- VOL . II . 2 ...
... young and lovely woman , fresh from the hands of nature , al- most within my embraces . I have often thought how I could have risked the soul - distracting view . The happy and unblushing confidence of the dear and inno- VOL . II . 2 ...
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... young gentlemen to hold commissions . It was a favourite object with the father to place his son in that particular regiment , as being one which he had for twenty years commanded . I was selected by my worthy friend to be the warming ...
... young gentlemen to hold commissions . It was a favourite object with the father to place his son in that particular regiment , as being one which he had for twenty years commanded . I was selected by my worthy friend to be the warming ...
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... young ladies , daugh- ters of Mr. Lord , a banker at Halifax , then on their return from their bathing trip to Runcorn . An annual general im- mersion in the sea seems to be one of those operations which all British ladies from fifteen ...
... young ladies , daugh- ters of Mr. Lord , a banker at Halifax , then on their return from their bathing trip to Runcorn . An annual general im- mersion in the sea seems to be one of those operations which all British ladies from fifteen ...
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... young and wealthy English heiress ; for , with all the humility he felt in other respects , he had all his country's vanity on this point to a most ludicrous degree . When he understood that our fair fellow - passengers were the ...
... young and wealthy English heiress ; for , with all the humility he felt in other respects , he had all his country's vanity on this point to a most ludicrous degree . When he understood that our fair fellow - passengers were the ...
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