Ray's RecruitJ.B. Lippincott, 1898 - 243 páginas |
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... Thought you spoke French , " said he . To which Blake blandly responded , with modest and not inexcusable hesitancy , — " We - ll - er - not always . Isn't it - possibly , sauve qui peut ? " " Well , sove ke puh , then , " responded ...
... Thought you spoke French , " said he . To which Blake blandly responded , with modest and not inexcusable hesitancy , — " We - ll - er - not always . Isn't it - possibly , sauve qui peut ? " " Well , sove ke puh , then , " responded ...
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Charles King. " I more than half thought you didn't know , Legs , " he said , with a yawn . ' Legs " was a regimental pet name for the longest and lank- iest of the commissioned list . " You West Pointers have nearly all had two years ...
Charles King. " I more than half thought you didn't know , Legs , " he said , with a yawn . ' Legs " was a regimental pet name for the longest and lank- iest of the commissioned list . " You West Pointers have nearly all had two years ...
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... thought , did , was never to be questioned . Stannard was authority on all points of soldiering ; Stannard was the expert engineer , builder , draughtsman , topographer , and all - round military “ sharp ; " while he , Mainwaring ...
... thought , did , was never to be questioned . Stannard was authority on all points of soldiering ; Stannard was the expert engineer , builder , draughtsman , topographer , and all - round military “ sharp ; " while he , Mainwaring ...
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... , 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 RECRUIT.
... , 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 RECRUIT.
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Charles King. thought Mainwaring selfish , opinionated , and conceited . He admitted him to be a first - rate soldier , a fine drill - master and tactician , a truth- ful , honest , and pure - minded man , a devoted husband and father ...
Charles King. thought Mainwaring selfish , opinionated , and conceited . He admitted him to be a first - rate soldier , a fine drill - master and tactician , a truth- ful , honest , and pure - minded man , a devoted husband and father ...
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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...