New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 5Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth Henry Colburn, 1822 |
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... bodies of such unfortunate persons as perish in this dangerous Alpine pass are placed in this building , where the extreme rarity and coldness of the atmosphere prevents putre- faction . Amidst tattered remains of clothes and an ...
... bodies of such unfortunate persons as perish in this dangerous Alpine pass are placed in this building , where the extreme rarity and coldness of the atmosphere prevents putre- faction . Amidst tattered remains of clothes and an ...
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... bodies of prisoners going to the rear . On the day on which we recrossed the Adige we met the fifth and seventh divisions of the army , under the command of Lieut . - Gen . the Earl of Dalhousie , not- Dalhousie the great god of war ...
... bodies of prisoners going to the rear . On the day on which we recrossed the Adige we met the fifth and seventh divisions of the army , under the command of Lieut . - Gen . the Earl of Dalhousie , not- Dalhousie the great god of war ...
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... body of the army , of which we formed a part , moved upon the town of Tarbes , a large and populous place . The scene , in passing through this town , was one of the most brilliant I had yet beheld . We saw the enemy , stationed at the ...
... body of the army , of which we formed a part , moved upon the town of Tarbes , a large and populous place . The scene , in passing through this town , was one of the most brilliant I had yet beheld . We saw the enemy , stationed at the ...
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... body of horse . Our regiment had no sooner arrived on the plain than we formed in front of the enemy . I was called in with my party just as our soldiers had drawn their sabres . This looked as if they were in earnest . The squadron to ...
... body of horse . Our regiment had no sooner arrived on the plain than we formed in front of the enemy . I was called in with my party just as our soldiers had drawn their sabres . This looked as if they were in earnest . The squadron to ...
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... body of the enemy . The bugle roused me from my bed , to which , as a special favour to them , I had " for that night only " consigned my wearied limbs , and seizing my sword and belt , and placing my casque upon my head , I sallied ...
... body of the enemy . The bugle roused me from my bed , to which , as a special favour to them , I had " for that night only " consigned my wearied limbs , and seizing my sword and belt , and placing my casque upon my head , I sallied ...
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Page 251 - DE toutes les habitations où j'ai demeuré ( et jen ai eu de charmantes), aucune ne m'a rendu si véritablement heureux , et ne m'a laissé de si tendres regrets, que l'île de Saint-Pierre, au milieu du lac de Bienne.
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