Percy Blake; Or, The Young Rifleman, Том 1Hurst and Blackett, 1855 |
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... fellows ; who began their career in life as I did myself , about the com- mencement of that tremendous struggle , in which the genius and good - fortune of Napo- leon sank , at length , under the wealth , the power , and the energies of ...
... fellows ; who began their career in life as I did myself , about the com- mencement of that tremendous struggle , in which the genius and good - fortune of Napo- leon sank , at length , under the wealth , the power , and the energies of ...
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... cried down , as if by general consent ; it is refreshing to cast a glance back upon those gallant fellows , whose united valour gave a splendour to the British arms . which they had never attained before , and perhaps never 18 PERCY BLAKE .
... cried down , as if by general consent ; it is refreshing to cast a glance back upon those gallant fellows , whose united valour gave a splendour to the British arms . which they had never attained before , and perhaps never 18 PERCY BLAKE .
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... delighted multi- tude . Before the close of that eventful day , fifty young fellows , in the ardour of their en- thusiasm , took the King's shilling from Sergeant O'Flaherty ; and I made a secret , but 26 PERCY BLAKE .
... delighted multi- tude . Before the close of that eventful day , fifty young fellows , in the ardour of their en- thusiasm , took the King's shilling from Sergeant O'Flaherty ; and I made a secret , but 26 PERCY BLAKE .
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... fellows at the fame and fortune that awaited me , in that ever - glorious career which first enlists the sympathies of the youth- ful heart ; and greater still was their admira- tion at the pictures I drew from reading and imagination ...
... fellows at the fame and fortune that awaited me , in that ever - glorious career which first enlists the sympathies of the youth- ful heart ; and greater still was their admira- tion at the pictures I drew from reading and imagination ...
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... fellow in the main , with some crotchets of his own , however , which showed themselves on further acquaint- ance . He introduced me to the quarter- master , who immediately furnished me with a barrack - room , and to the adjutant who ...
... fellow in the main , with some crotchets of his own , however , which showed themselves on further acquaint- ance . He introduced me to the quarter- master , who immediately furnished me with a barrack - room , and to the adjutant who ...
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