Readings from the best authors, ed. by A.H. Bryce, Issue 9Archibald Hamilton Bryce 1862 |
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Page 9
... passed through the principal cities , with collars , bracelets , and other ornaments of gold , rudely fashioned . He exhibited also considerable quantities of the same metal in dust or in crude masses , numerous vegetable exotics ...
... passed through the principal cities , with collars , bracelets , and other ornaments of gold , rudely fashioned . He exhibited also considerable quantities of the same metal in dust or in crude masses , numerous vegetable exotics ...
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... passed his lips , Halifax sprang up and waved his hat . At that signal , benches and galleries raised a shout . In a ... passing at that moment to any other business . Indeed , the roar of the multitude was such that , for half an hour ...
... passed his lips , Halifax sprang up and waved his hat . At that signal , benches and galleries raised a shout . In a ... passing at that moment to any other business . Indeed , the roar of the multitude was such that , for half an hour ...
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... passed 2 1 Captain John Leake , afterwards Admiral Leake , commanded the Durt- mouth , a thirty - six gun frigate . 2 A boom had been stretched by the besiegers across the river , so that no provisions might be brought by sea to the ...
... passed 2 1 Captain John Leake , afterwards Admiral Leake , commanded the Durt- mouth , a thirty - six gun frigate . 2 A boom had been stretched by the besiegers across the river , so that no provisions might be brought by sea to the ...
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... passed , there was a ter- rible half hour of suspense . It was ten o'clock before the ships arrived at the quay . The whole population was there to welcome them . A screen made of casks filled with earth was hastily thrown up to protect ...
... passed , there was a ter- rible half hour of suspense . It was ten o'clock before the ships arrived at the quay . The whole population was there to welcome them . A screen made of casks filled with earth was hastily thrown up to protect ...
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... passing through a fearful shower of round shot , case shot , and shell , they dashed into the Alma , and floundered through its waters , which were literally torn into foam by the deadly hail . At the other side of the river were a ...
... passing through a fearful shower of round shot , case shot , and shell , they dashed into the Alma , and floundered through its waters , which were literally torn into foam by the deadly hail . At the other side of the river were a ...
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