Readings from the best authors, ed. by A.H. Bryce, Issue 9Archibald Hamilton Bryce 1862 |
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... Round every bonfire crowds were drinking good health to the bishops and confusion to the Papists . The windows were lighted with rows of candles . Each row con- sisted of seven , and the taper in the centre , which was taller than the ...
... Round every bonfire crowds were drinking good health to the bishops and confusion to the Papists . The windows were lighted with rows of candles . Each row con- sisted of seven , and the taper in the centre , which was taller than the ...
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... round ; hysterical sobs and screams were heard , and some were even carried out in fits . V. - THE BROKEN HEART . ( WASHINGTON IRVING . ) Robert Emmet , a young Irish barrister , having taken part in the rebellion of 1798 , was tried ...
... round ; hysterical sobs and screams were heard , and some were even carried out in fits . V. - THE BROKEN HEART . ( WASHINGTON IRVING . ) Robert Emmet , a young Irish barrister , having taken part in the rebellion of 1798 , was tried ...
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... only that our artillery poured forth an unceasing fire of shell , rockets , and round shot , which ploughed through the Russians , and THE BATTLE OF ALMA . 21 caused them great loss 20 THE BATTLE OF ALMA . W H Russell.
... only that our artillery poured forth an unceasing fire of shell , rockets , and round shot , which ploughed through the Russians , and THE BATTLE OF ALMA . 21 caused them great loss 20 THE BATTLE OF ALMA . W H Russell.
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... round . Lord Raglan at last became weary of this inactivity -his spirit was up - he looked around , and saw by his side men on whom he knew he might stake the honour and fate of Great Britain , and anticipating a little in a military ...
... round . Lord Raglan at last became weary of this inactivity -his spirit was up - he looked around , and saw by his side men on whom he knew he might stake the honour and fate of Great Britain , and anticipating a little in a military ...
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... round and grape rushed through from the terrible battery , and a roar of musketry from behind thinned their front ... rounds the columns of the square became broken , wavered to and fro , broke , and fled over the brow of the hill ...
... round and grape rushed through from the terrible battery , and a roar of musketry from behind thinned their front ... rounds the columns of the square became broken , wavered to and fro , broke , and fled over the brow of the hill ...
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