The light and dark of the Rebellion [by C.E. Lester]. |
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... rather what I could best leave out than best put in . I have known some cases I would have gladly introduced , each of which would more than fill a book like this . But I have endeavored to choose OF THE REBELLION . 11.
... rather what I could best leave out than best put in . I have known some cases I would have gladly introduced , each of which would more than fill a book like this . But I have endeavored to choose OF THE REBELLION . 11.
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... leave home for their first campaigns . Monuments rise with their sculptured emblems , " to greet the sun in his coming . " The sword or battle - axe they drew , or swung , was in the cause of home , country , and heroism . These ...
... leave home for their first campaigns . Monuments rise with their sculptured emblems , " to greet the sun in his coming . " The sword or battle - axe they drew , or swung , was in the cause of home , country , and heroism . These ...
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... leave the glory of eternal remembrance to Moses , who leads them through . Authors form no exception . There are only a few books of much value long after they are written . A thousand his- torians wrote about the Decline and Fall of ...
... leave the glory of eternal remembrance to Moses , who leads them through . Authors form no exception . There are only a few books of much value long after they are written . A thousand his- torians wrote about the Decline and Fall of ...
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... leave the light needed , and twilight was grate- ful to the sick - room ; for in this vast chamber there were more than two hundred sick men . Now and then came a suppressed moan from one couch , or a low plaint of hope- less pain ...
... leave the light needed , and twilight was grate- ful to the sick - room ; for in this vast chamber there were more than two hundred sick men . Now and then came a suppressed moan from one couch , or a low plaint of hope- less pain ...
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... Leaving my young friend for a few moments , I walked through the north aisle ; and it seemed to me - so perfect was the régime of the hospital , so grand were its architectural proportions - more like walking through some European cathe ...
... Leaving my young friend for a few moments , I walked through the north aisle ; and it seemed to me - so perfect was the régime of the hospital , so grand were its architectural proportions - more like walking through some European cathe ...
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