Ray's RecruitJ.B. Lippincott, 1898 - 243 páginas |
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... duty just now , and the shafts of the long - legged captain's ridicule fell most improperly on his sluggish - witted chief . Blake did not thoroughly like him . He thought Mainwaring selfish , opinionated , and conceited . He 31 RAY'S ...
... duty just now , and the shafts of the long - legged captain's ridicule fell most improperly on his sluggish - witted chief . Blake did not thoroughly like him . He thought Mainwaring selfish , opinionated , and conceited . He 31 RAY'S ...
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... duties to attend to , and knew he must quit the field . " I'll see you later , my cocky friend , " he muttered to himself , as he turned angrily away , with distinct sense of defeat , then let himself out on the platform with a most ...
... duties to attend to , and knew he must quit the field . " I'll see you later , my cocky friend , " he muttered to himself , as he turned angrily away , with distinct sense of defeat , then let himself out on the platform with a most ...
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... part . Such gay good humor , such utter lack of stiffness and con- ventionality , she had never seen . All drills and duties , it seemed , except the necessary guard , police , and stables , were suspended until ΙΟΙ RAY'S RECRUIT.
... part . Such gay good humor , such utter lack of stiffness and con- ventionality , she had never seen . All drills and duties , it seemed , except the necessary guard , police , and stables , were suspended until ΙΟΙ RAY'S RECRUIT.
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... why he enlisted , so long as he does his duty . Now I'm willing to take him . " And that settled it . Recruit Arthur Hunter was formally accepted as a member of the sorrel troop , took his first lesson with the curry- 112 RAY'S RECRUIT.
... why he enlisted , so long as he does his duty . Now I'm willing to take him . " And that settled it . Recruit Arthur Hunter was formally accepted as a member of the sorrel troop , took his first lesson with the curry- 112 RAY'S RECRUIT.
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... duty , were fresh in his mind , as he had been well schooled in the first prin- ciples of soldier duty . Yet Hunter felt the blood was mounting to his temples and his heart was beating quicker as he faced the coming column , braced his ...
... duty , were fresh in his mind , as he had been well schooled in the first prin- ciples of soldier duty . Yet Hunter felt the blood was mounting to his temples and his heart was beating quicker as he faced the coming column , braced his ...
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Página 111 - I , do solemnly swear, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America and...
Página 109 - It wasn't so much what he said as how he said it: As if he hadn't just given up hope, but that he knew Sandy was dead.
Página 101 - ... other trees that have weathered the storms of a hundred winters. Besides these, come many acres of wild No-man's land, where things have had their own way from time immemorial, with rich meadows and clear streams, hill, valley, and plain. I have been out and about in all weathers, winter and summer, at all hours of the day and not a few of the night, and, being but a poor vicar in the wilderness, have had to make my way on foot. This has given me many chances of observing for myself the varied...
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Página 103 - Several of the young officers danced divinely, all of them rode well, and none of them thought anything of coming banging at the hall door any hour of the day to ask Mrs.
Página 103 - Parades were fine, guard-mounting "lovely." The little dinners and suppers and dances were just as jolly, friendly, and delightful as could possibly be.
Página 111 - York, by occupation a clerk, do hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted this...