Percy Blake; Or, The Young Rifleman, Том 1Hurst and Blackett, 1855 |
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... which , under the new reign , called rebellion ; and marrying soon after a lady in London , with whom he was received a moderate fortune , he gave up foreign adventure B 2 PERCY BLAKE . 3 the sayings and doings of my own checquered ...
... which , under the new reign , called rebellion ; and marrying soon after a lady in London , with whom he was received a moderate fortune , he gave up foreign adventure B 2 PERCY BLAKE . 3 the sayings and doings of my own checquered ...
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Michael Rafter. received a moderate fortune , he gave up foreign adventure and settled for the re- mainder of his days in his native country . From this gentleman I am lineally descended . One brother , a sister and myself were the last ...
Michael Rafter. received a moderate fortune , he gave up foreign adventure and settled for the re- mainder of his days in his native country . From this gentleman I am lineally descended . One brother , a sister and myself were the last ...
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... gave the finishing touch to my incipient military mania , was the arrival in our town of my maternal uncle ; who , having run away from school several years before , and enlisted as a private sol- dier , had returned to his native place ...
... gave the finishing touch to my incipient military mania , was the arrival in our town of my maternal uncle ; who , having run away from school several years before , and enlisted as a private sol- dier , had returned to his native place ...
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... gave my father a moment's peace till he consented to let me go , with the proviso , however , that I should limit my ambition to the militia ; and thus , as the phrase is , he abandoned the last prop of his declining age , to gratify my ...
... gave my father a moment's peace till he consented to let me go , with the proviso , however , that I should limit my ambition to the militia ; and thus , as the phrase is , he abandoned the last prop of his declining age , to gratify my ...
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... gave some colour to these insinuations , by unguardedly praising to my wild companions the gentleness of my manners , and the beautiful style in which I played the flute . All this came in due time to the ears of our lieutenant ...
... gave some colour to these insinuations , by unguardedly praising to my wild companions the gentleness of my manners , and the beautiful style in which I played the flute . All this came in due time to the ears of our lieutenant ...
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