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... four white - headed , half - naked chil- dren . The woman was either stone- deaf , or pretended to be so ; but at all events she gave me no satisfaction , and I remounted and rode away . On com- ing to the end of a lane , into which I ...
... four white - headed , half - naked chil- dren . The woman was either stone- deaf , or pretended to be so ; but at all events she gave me no satisfaction , and I remounted and rode away . On com- ing to the end of a lane , into which I ...
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... four fifths of my weight . As a conse- quence of this , I ate much less than usual , and could scarcely have con- sumed the ration of a soldier . I slept also but little ; for , as sleep is the re- pose of the brain , made necessary by ...
... four fifths of my weight . As a conse- quence of this , I ate much less than usual , and could scarcely have con- sumed the ration of a soldier . I slept also but little ; for , as sleep is the re- pose of the brain , made necessary by ...
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... four and five inches in diameter , were chiefly used in building these houses . The logs were laid one above another , to the height of four feet , intersecting at the corners of the houses like the rails of a Virginia fence . The ...
... four and five inches in diameter , were chiefly used in building these houses . The logs were laid one above another , to the height of four feet , intersecting at the corners of the houses like the rails of a Virginia fence . The ...
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... four o'clock his skirmishers met those of the enemy , and drove them back a mile and a half . We followed through mud and rain . The country became hilly as we ad- vanced , and our artillery was moved with difficulty . At dark we were ...
... four o'clock his skirmishers met those of the enemy , and drove them back a mile and a half . We followed through mud and rain . The country became hilly as we ad- vanced , and our artillery was moved with difficulty . At dark we were ...
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... four o'clock , and drove in our pickets . The Eighth Michigan was at once deployed as skirmishers . The Thirty - sixth Massachusetts and Forty- fifth Pennsylvania at the same time moved forward to support the skirmish- ers , and formed ...
... four o'clock , and drove in our pickets . The Eighth Michigan was at once deployed as skirmishers . The Thirty - sixth Massachusetts and Forty- fifth Pennsylvania at the same time moved forward to support the skirmish- ers , and formed ...
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