The light and dark of the Rebellion [by C.E. Lester]. |
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... seemed to say that all that earth could do had been done , to save the life of the gallant young soldier . I followed the surgeon a few steps on the routine of duty . We stopped , and looked each other in the face . He knew I wanted to ...
... seemed to say that all that earth could do had been done , to save the life of the gallant young soldier . I followed the surgeon a few steps on the routine of duty . We stopped , and looked each other in the face . He knew I wanted to ...
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... seemed to me - so perfect was the régime of the hospital , so grand were its architectural proportions - more like walking through some European cathe- dral by moonlight , than through a place for sick soldiers . The silence greater ...
... seemed to me - so perfect was the régime of the hospital , so grand were its architectural proportions - more like walking through some European cathe- dral by moonlight , than through a place for sick soldiers . The silence greater ...
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... seemed to have a charmed life , for on several occasions his comrades had been shot dead or wounded on either side ; and when his last cartridge had done execution , he carried off two of his wounded companions from the field , bearing ...
... seemed to have a charmed life , for on several occasions his comrades had been shot dead or wounded on either side ; and when his last cartridge had done execution , he carried off two of his wounded companions from the field , bearing ...
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... seemed to me , as I looked upon his face , so calm , and chiselled into sculptured beauty , I thought , either he looked like an Apollino with his unstrung bow , or a nautilus , cast on the turbulent ocean , to be wafted to some unknown ...
... seemed to me , as I looked upon his face , so calm , and chiselled into sculptured beauty , I thought , either he looked like an Apollino with his unstrung bow , or a nautilus , cast on the turbulent ocean , to be wafted to some unknown ...
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... seemed to be haunted with the idea that he would , after all , return to Utica , and once more see those he loved ; and yet he also seemed to me like one whose days were numbered , and the surgeon had told me , after repeated counsels ...
... seemed to be haunted with the idea that he would , after all , return to Utica , and once more see those he loved ; and yet he also seemed to me like one whose days were numbered , and the surgeon had told me , after repeated counsels ...
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